Mr. Speaker, with respect to the manufacturing sector, including forestry, as the member opposite knows, we have brought in a very generous accelerated capital cost allowance provision, which permits writing off a new equipment and technology over the course of two years, a 100% write-off over two years, as recommended by the Commons committee unanimously.
The other point is, with the higher Canadian currency we are seeing significant increases in the amount of machinery and equipment being purchased because it is more available and more affordable to Canadian manufacturers.