Thank you very much, Mr. Al-Katib.
Mr. Hodgson, I would like to come back to the issue of marketing and our competitive position. We have had a negative trade balance for a very long time. It's actually a strong trend, which is also fairly worrisome.
I would like to make a link with tourism. You know that Canada has an excellent brand image when it comes to tourism. Unfortunately, probably because of marketing inadequacies and some negligence, the clientele is in strong decline.
We can ask ourselves whether NAFTA might have encouraged that trend and conclude that we were monkeying around by signing this type of agreement without ensuring how we would deal with the challenges it presents.
Do you think we are doing enough to support the marketing of our entrepreneurs under free-trade agreements? Should we be doing more?