I go back to the comment I made in my prepared remarks, where Canada is late to the region. We were there decades ago and then we have been absent. We have developed a reputation in the region for turning up and then not following through.
I would say that some of the concerns that Mr. Stanford has raised about the lack of ambition by Canadian businesses helps to explain why we haven't followed through. It's not everybody. There are major Canadian companies that have major positions in Asia, which they've worked to develop over many years. My concern is that we are so inward-looking in this country that there's a conceit about what others should do in response to us, and we have made what I think are unreasonable demands, given the size of our economy and the sources of our comparative advantage. I would agree with Mr. Stanford: we have what I would say is substantial activity now by governments and by business to deal with the deficits, not just in ambition, but in innovation and nurturing Canadian companies to be more competitive internationally.
Let me just add one final point. When I think back to the free trade agreement with the U.S., one of the remarkable things about the negotiation was that long before the agreement was even finished, what I saw in Canadian businesses were strategies that became North American strategies. That's what I see in a number of businesses and elsewhere--in governments in Canada now. It seems to be related to the Prime Minister going to China. I would say there is now a flowering of interest and concern and ambition to be more successful in Asia. That is quite remarkable, and it's less than a year old. So I think we're at the beginning of a process.