It can take many forms in other jurisdictions. I gave you one example of Australia, where they take revenue from import tariffs and funnel that back into the domestic industry.
Every jurisdiction that either has an auto industry or wants an auto industry ensures that some sort of incentives are there. They recognize that the auto industry represents a solid economic hub of jobs and spinoff jobs at ratios higher than in virtually any other industry. So it's of great interest to put in place regulatory regimes, tax regimes, and so on, that improve the investment climate, and as a result, they get these investments. We've lost out in a lot of investments in Canada.
For instance, there was a time when the southern United States was very hot. Why were they hot? Because state jurisdictions, even the federal government in some cases, had put real cash on the table.
Certainly at that time, when we hired KPMG through the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council to look at that very scenario, we were very competitive on all fronts, except when somebody put cash on the table. Once they did that, we basically lost the bid. That's why it's so important to have these various supports in place as we go forward.
I've referenced the fact that outside of Canada the auto industry in many jurisdictions is taking off hugely. Why can't we position ourselves in Canada, operating plants in Canada, building world-class products, and ship them to these markets? That's why we have invested roughly $8 billion of Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors in particular, to revamp plants and make them some of the most leading-edge, flexible manufacturing plants, to continue to ship not just to the U.S. but to markets abroad. So that's why it's so important, I would suggest.