I totally understand that, and I agree with you. As a sovereignist, I can say that we need to develop local consumption strategies. If there were a buy Canadian policy, even though I am a sovereignist, I would be strongly in favour of that kind of strategy.
That said, we have to be aware of the realities in various economic sectors. What I'm saying is that, when I read this document, I get the sense that you don't understand the dynamics of the aluminum sector. What's happening in that sector right now is that primary aluminum is being produced and but it is not being processed in Canada and Quebec. Most of the aluminum that Canada uses is exported to the United States. We don't even have a mill. You need a mill to produce sheets of aluminum.
Tomorrow morning, you want to use aluminum for defence initiatives, but you don't have the industrial structure to do that. That's my concern. There will be an agency that will be ready to coordinate relationships and contracts with small and medium-sized businesses, but it doesn't seem to be aware of the industrial infrastructure that currently exists in certain sectors of activity.
That's why I'm telling you that, before the agency is set up, we need to take stock of our strengths and weaknesses. It's the same thing in the mining sector. It takes years to get a lithium mine up and running.
So that industrial infrastructure is not going to be in place overnight. I don't know what form it will take, but it seems to me that the challenges will be spread over a number of years. You have a slightly idyllic view of things. I'm not saying this to annoy you, it's just the impression I get. You have a slightly idyllic view of the supply chain in Canada right now.