Thank you.
I would say just grosso modo—and I'm simplifying—the dependency declines as you move east. It's most severe in western Canada, British Columbia and the prairie provinces, where the percentage of trade with China is higher and most notable in certain sectors, particularly agriculture but also pulp and forestry.
There would be an exception for the Atlantic provinces. If that seafood trade were to disappear overnight, that would be a big issue, but as in my response to Mr. Chong, the overall dependency of Canada in supply chains on China is very high.
It's not just phones. It's auto parts and electronic goods. Chips may be coming from Taiwan, but the chips from Taiwan go largely into Chinese factories and then we get the laptops and phones. That's a very complex dance of inputs and outputs. We are at a high level of vulnerability, and western Canada in particular.