Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome, Mr. Orr. Thank you for coming to our committee.
I'd like to pursue the line of questioning about your recommendation that people from Mr. Carrie's riding should just pull up stakes, leave the wonderful city of Oshawa, and move west--that's where their future lies.
I guess my question to you is about the value of the manufacturing sector to a country. Do you believe that a strong and vibrant manufacturing sector is important to a country like Canada--a middle economic power blessed with many natural resources, which has worked hard to develop this sector of the economy?