Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'm certainly enjoying the discussion on this bill. There have been quite a few great things said. I really want to get to the meat of this, which is embracing next opportunities. We're really on the same page on some of this. I think all parties want to support workers. All parties want to embrace next opportunities.
Mr. Masterson, I think you hit the nail on the head when you talked specifically about investment. What we're trying to get a handle on here is investment and support for workers in the industries and what's next. That's the biggest part of this whole bill. We haven't really talked too much about it. We're talking more about the framework instead of what's really important: What do we need to support industries and workers in the Prairies and across Canada?
Mr. Masterson, I'll start with a broad question. What has investment as a whole been in your industry in the last five years as compared with the U.S.?