Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Clark, I fear I wasn't clear enough when I asked my last question.
We can't ignore the fact that there is outright protectionism in the markets I mentioned, not to mention the fact that massive subsidies are granted. Several factors can ensure that Canada is straight out disadvantaged. It's a major concern because we are dealing with very serious domestic challenges. That's why I mentioned that there is very little entrepreneurship. In addition, I didn't talk about deficiencies in innovation. In fact, we are wasting a fair amount of money on rather meagre results.
Considering this and Canada's position toward its foreign competitors with which it might sign a free-trade agreement, do you think that signing an agreement is automatically a winning option and why?