In one month in Quebec, we've lost 30,000 manufacturing jobs. I might well believe the CAW's assessment, because it's not that outlandish.
I think the key here for us is really--and this is a problem with the agreement--what sorts of jobs we are creating for ourselves. If you look at what we export, for the most part it's raw materials or slightly processed materials. What are we purchasing? A lot more labour-intensive and job-intensive and value-added products.
This is where I think the analysis needs to go. If I look at Industry Canada's verdict, basically it leaves the GDP unchanged, literally. So we're just shuffling jobs in different directions. But to us, that matters.