Yes, I'm concluding right now.
First, it's taken our teams away from their real focus, which is engaging themselves in innovation and technological advance. Second, it's strained long-standing relationships with customers. Third, it's reduced income profitability and constrained working capital. Capital investment projects have been shelved, deferred or even outright cancelled.
Please understand this. We are supportive of the actions and most of the negotiating strategies taken by our government in the trade battle. It is our intent today to provide transparency that these actions and battles do come at a cost, and that cost is right down to the grassroots in this country.
We strongly endorse and encourage our government to move forward and provide us with the ability to do business on a level playing field with the rest of the world, work diligently to eliminate all obstacles in the form of tariffs.
In conclusion, I've been in this business for many years. I've travelled to many different nations. I always come back to the fact that we, as Canadians, not only can compete on a global basis, but have proven that we can be world leaders. Drop the barriers and let us do what we do best.
Thank you very much for your time.