That's a good question, and it's one that we face every day.
Our competitors are all very global. They have manufacturing platforms throughout the world. What we have available to us in Canada is a quick turnaround and distribution play. We were vertical from the year 1 forward, so we can turn around product very quickly and get it into the Canadian market quickly. However, the cost structure in certain areas of our business is much higher than it is for those businesses in LDC nations.
I think the flattening point could be part of the TPP process. If some of the benefits of LDC nations are lessened or lowered, companies can utilize the TPP or other trade agreements, whether it's the European agreement or this agreement, to gain access to markets, whether for labour or for products, and import them to allow them to be more competitive in the marketplace against low-cost nation producers, I think that will benefit our company. I think we'll then have a choice to produce the same amount of products in Canada that we do today.
If not, we're going to be producing less, and once you get to a certain level, all of the products will be imported and all of the jobs will be gone on the manufacturing side. That's significant when you think about rural-based small towns.