It would help the committee with future business as well.
The second question I have--and this is an issue I discussed when the minister and department officials were here--is with respect to the analysis around job losses. To my understanding there have been four official studies done with respect to the potential free trade agreement. One has been done by Industry Canada, one by U of T, and one by the CAW. There has also been an economic analysis done by the department, which was alluded to, and then there have been submissions by various stakeholders.
Of those reports, Industry Canada mentions a projection of job losses of between 5,000 to 35,000; CAW has projected 33,000 job losses. I know the department officials refute this number from the CAW.
Jim, based on their critique, have you had a chance to re-evaluate your number? Are you still comfortable with your methodology? And can you comment--this speaks to CVMA and the parts manufacturers as well--as to why there is a hesitation to put out numbers? For many Canadians I think it boils down to how this impacts potential job losses.