Thank you.
The reason I asked that is partially that Canada is a very trade-dependent nation. In agriculture, for example—my former role in life—we are absolutely dependent on foreign markets. I look at this and many other industries, and we have more production than we can consume in this country. That's a great thing. We're able to share what we have and what we can produce with the rest of the world. That's a wonderful opportunity and gift that we have.
I look at CITT as a bit of a form of protectionism for those who are not wanting to compete or not willing to compete. That's just a bit of an observation, and I'm sure some people will disagree with me; however, that is my view.
We could belabour what has happened over the last few years for hours here, and I don't want to do that. I would like to ask what role you could play or what advice you might give us, in our study that we're taking part in now at this committee, on how to make Canadian companies more competitive on the world scale. What advice can you give us that we can put in this report to give to our Canadian companies on how to avoid pitfalls, so that they don't fall into the countervail and anti-dumping that your counterparts in other countries may hold against us? What advice could you give us on that?