This really is something important for a country like Canada, which has an appreciable comparative advantage in resources. However, we do not want to ship them in an unprocessed state to a country where value will be added, where jobs will be added, where they will be processed and so on. That is where research and development become important. That is where jobs are interesting and well paid.
In addition, does the fact that we have capital expenditures help keep businesses in Canada, or instead, rather than just keeping them here, does it help root them here so that jobs stay here?