There are a lot of ideas in there, Mr. Arya. Thank you for your question. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for all the contributions you make and for the many conversations we've had.
I want to comment on two aspects of what you said—three aspects, actually.
First, you are absolutely right that Canada's soft landing from the economic challenges of the COVID recession, and the inflation and high interest rates that followed, is the single most important fact of today. That has been a hard time for Canadians. It is really good news that we're experiencing a soft landing. Our government has worked to accomplish that.
Second, I really agree with you that the focus, now that inflation has been in the target range for the past 10 months, must be on growth. Growth does require investment. Growth does require capital. I think the focus, for all of us, needs to be on how we can get that capital and on how we can get that investment so that we can have more growth and more jobs.
Then finally, third, I think you're also very right to be pointing out, as my colleague the industry minister did in his comments, that the world has changed. The sort of “end of history” period that Francis Fukuyama described is over. We are living in a time of more protectionism, of more mercantilism, and of more economic nationalism, and our policies do need to recognize that this is the world Canada is in.
I think the industry minister wants to add a few things.