The manufacturing sector, as you know, has been on a secular decline for a while, and it's not unique to Canada. A number of industrialized countries have seen their share of output and employment in the manufacturing sector decline quite significantly over the last decade or so, but as mentioned, business investment in certain machinery and equipment has been one of the better points in terms of the components of domestic demand recently.
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