Thank you, Minister, but the stats simply do not state that. When we look at investment announcements by private businesses, Canada has stayed flat. We talk about our productivity problem. We're not seeing businesses invest in their own companies, while Mexico is up 16% and the U.S. is up 31%. This is a made-in-Canada problem.
Look at companies in Quebec, for instance. We've had losses to Mexico: Bombardier, Gildan Activewear, Sherwood—which actually went to China—Fruit of the Loom, and Velan. All of these companies have offshored. When we look at the carbon tax, and we've talked to companies, they say they're being punished for that. We're just simply offshoring our emissions to other countries. We can look at Mexico, I think, which is exemplary right now. Even if you look at the Mexican peso versus the Canadian dollar, they're gaining on us. The peso is gaining on it.
Sir, I know you went to the White House correspondents' dinner. I think maybe you should have instead gone to the informe presidencial to learn a thing or two. What do we do to catch Mexico in this economic quagmire?