Mr. Chairman, on the loss of jobs, there have been losses of jobs in manufacturing in Canada over the last ten or fifteen years. There have been losses of jobs in the United States. There have been losses of jobs in Europe. There have been losses of jobs in manufacturing in most of the major industrial countries of the world. Is that because of free trade agreements? No, it is not. It is because the competitive landscape has changed fundamentally in the world, particularly because of the impact of China and India and other hyper-competitive economies. They've changed the competitive cost structure in the world economy in a fundamental way, and that has been causing manufacturing to go through a tremendous series of adjustments. Those adjustments have been exacerbated by exchange rate movements that have been very difficult and have added to things.
In my opinion, the job losses have nothing to do with free trade agreements with the United States and Mexico.