translate English to French: The large commercial presence of foreign-owned computer services firms in Canada, in the context of an industry in which cross-border trade was also growing by leaps and bounds, strongly suggests that multinational enterprises chose to deliver services from Canadian establishments so as to take advantage of Canada’s low-cost but highly educated labour force.
Cependant, il existe de nombreux motifs pour ne pas tirer de conclusions hâtives à propos du secteur des services informatiques et des services connexes. Premièrement, cette industrie a connu une période de croissance rapide, suivie d’une période d’effondrement.