Thank you, sir.
I think you have a very good grasp of what is happening in our industry, and I don't think we should be so afraid of the word “protectionist”. It's become a very bad word.
One of the strengths of our industry, of all the manufacturing in Canada, has been to be able to think outside of the box. We think outside of the box. We are a small country; we have made inroads everywhere in the world. I am very proud of being a Canadian. I am asking this committee, if you want to think outside of the box, please do.
One measure would have been so simple a few weeks ago. When Mr. Harper announced a GST decrease of 1%, I was hoping that the next words would have been “on Canadian-made products”. What a wonderful marketing incentive measure it would have been to promote manufacturing in Canada. This is thinking outside of the box, and if anybody can roll with that ball, it would be wonderful.