Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Lavoie, I would like to ask you a few questions.
As you are no doubt aware, your organization, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, released a report last Tuesday, emphasizing in it that a change has occurred in the past 15 years in that labour-intensive activities have been transferred to developing countries, especially China and India, and that developed countries have increased their research capability.
Does research follow production, or is it the reverse, and what does that mean for Canada?