Thank you, Chair, and thank you all for being here this morning and discussing this important topic. It's certainly going to have some benefits.
Any time we embark on something, there's always a risk. We do that every day when we go outside and walk on the street, I suppose, but we know that doesn't stop us.
I want to start my questions by talking about the things we did as a government in the past to help the industry. I'll direct this to the Ford Motor Company. When we were first elected, we were told it was important that we start to hone in and get things like harmonization in place. We needed a bridge. We needed investments in the industry for the technology.
The other thing we were quick to do, too, is to make sure that we are competitive here in the Canadian marketplace, and that companies like Ford could take advantage of a lower tax burden. But part of that process as well was to expand our markets. Would you not agree that this strategy is the right strategy in place to make for a healthy market in an automotive company like Ford?