Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My point is that there are no shipbuilding entities within the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, so you can have a theoretical approach; we have to deal with the practical realities.
I'm not asking a question, sir, I'm making a comment back. I do have other questions, so please allow me to make them.
The concerns that have been raised by shipbuilding--they have been very clear that this will be devastating for their industry--are in part linked to the fact that there has been very little government action. We've had specific recommendations about a carve-out in EFTA, and certainly the committee will be looking at carving out shipbuilding. There are also concerns about the lack of support with any sort of structured financing facility.
You raised the issue, Mr. Laurin, of credit. That's extremely important for all manufacturing sectors, including the automotive sector, the accelerated capital cost allowance.
My final question is for both of you. Do you support those provisions--certainly a carve-out, but also the structured financing facility and the accelerated capital cost allowance--so that we don't lose our shipbuilding industry in a country that has the longest, by far, coastline in the world?