Yes, we definitely need a national manufacturing strategy. Procurement should be a core part of it. We released our strategy on what we're calling a recovery and prosperity strategy. Just two weeks ago I met with about 75 MPs during a virtual lobby day to present this. We think it's critical. Not only does it help grow domestic investment, but it also helps exports grow.
Part of the challenge on growing exports, diversifying exports and the rest is that agenda that we always talk about in this committee that, if you're at maximum industrial capacity, which largely we've been at in Canada now for quite a while, you can't grow exports. There is no capacity to grow. We're sitting at—or we were prior to COVID-19—around 83% or 84% capacity. In the biggest export sectors like automotive, we were over 100% capacity. If you don't grow capacity, you don't grow exports.
We need a strategy that drives investment, that grows the sector and grows capacity, whether it's for procurement or export sales, and that is really important.