Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank our witnesses for being here today.
I'm a small-businessman. One of the reasons I got involved in politics was that while I realize we have had some great growth here in Canada over the last thirteen years, I believe we've had a ton of missed opportunities as well. That's been my biggest frustration as a small-business person. I look around and realize that even though the fridge or the glass of water is half full, we could have a lot more as a country.
You've indicated some of those things today, in terms of missed opportunities and where we are, whether it's trading, etc. I look at places like Australia, where they're there on a number of different fronts, with basically the same type of country configuration. They seem to be doing more, being more proactive.
I will agree only in this instance with my colleague from the NDP. We shouldn't just be counting on our resources. We should be looking at more value-added inputs that we can send out. As a country, I think we've done some of those things.
I've heard it mentioned by a couple of the witnesses, Mr. Lingenfelter, and you also talked about “Advantage Canada”. In terms of the reference, what exactly were you referring to, in terms of how that could be helpful as we move forward?