Business success relies on the will to do things well in terms of safety, of production, of units of production, etc. Access to the raw materiel is a key component. I don't want to make a bad pun using the term “conservatism”, but it is obvious that we have to be able to export because we have a lot of resources in Canada. But we also have to realize that there are industries, that they are capable of many things, both in Canada and in Quebec, and that we have to take advantage of it.
The port of Montreal, for example, allows for products to enter the country but also for them to be exported. It is a great asset for us, but also our greatest enemy, in a sense. It is true that it is easy to import products into Canada, but we also want to be able to export our own.
Within the framework of a strategy, if you make the raw material accessible to industries that can process it, the will to do things well in Canada will materialize. That primarily is the message we want to deliver today. We cannot simply say that we must stop exporting. I think that Canada needs exports. However, it is critical to realize that we in Canada are capable of doing things well and going beyond the simple export of commodities. If we put the puzzle pieces together correctly, we should be successful.