This is also a question we ask ourselves, as we are focused on achieving results.
Again, I come back to the systemic and structural problem in Canada: we don't have a critical mass. We get a lot of requests from entrepreneurs in the Saguenay region, among others, who dream of setting up a system to manufacture aluminum cans from recycled aluminum, as is done elsewhere. But we don't have the critical mass.
In the United States, more than 100 billion cans are consumed each year. In Quebec, about 1.3 billion cans are consumed during the same period. That sounds like a lot, but it's not enough. We are far from the break-even point. Several years ago, we made calculations to set up a centre that would have benefited from the potential critical mass in Quebec, but that would have generated annual losses of $20 million, even if we got volumes from outside Quebec and elsewhere in Canada.
In my opinion, we need to focus on areas where we can make a difference, such as in other sectors where very good research is being done, for example in Saguenay, in the field of aluminum.
We must therefore be prudent in our investments and focus on areas where it counts.