By increasing the added value of our exports, we're also creating jobs in the processing facilities we have in Canada. We have processing facilities across the Prairies; in Alberta they are based both in rural and urban areas. These processors support their communities at their operating end. They provide high-value jobs for Canadians. They provide services for the areas they're in. By growing these markets further, we see that as the ability to create jobs and not just detract from the jobs that we currently have.
On April 19th, 2016. See this statement in context.