Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here with your staff and those people you've hired in senior positions.
I'd like to return quickly to FedDev. In the early days I know how important it was, as this was formed out of the infrastructure program, to communities like mine, which have a very proud manufacturing background, the city of Brantford in particular. At the turn of the century it was the third largest manufacturing city in Canada, only behind Toronto and Montreal.
Can you tell me some of the early statistics, in terms of the introduction in the first couple of years, of what we achieved? I know it was hugely significant in the case of my community.