Industry committee  Well, thank you very much, Minister, and I think this is a wonderful bill. I think we should continue to press forward with it. It will be in the interest of all Canadians, including those in my riding of Don Valley East, and I'm hoping that we can get this through fairly quickly.

Industry committee  Why are amendments being made to the BDC to help businesses grow beyond the domestic market given that we have the EDC, etc.? Maybe one of you gentlemen would like to tackle that.

Industry committee  How will these changes help to provide even more flexibility to SMEs that wish to grow beyond our borders?

Industry committee  Given all of that and the wonderful work that our government has been doing on international trade, do you think this will help to improve our trade with other countries, such as the EU countries and others?

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you, witnesses, for being here. My first question is to Futurpreneur, Ms. Deans. One of the things you said was that your success rate for small business start-ups is about 50%. That seems pretty low, since you're already preparing the business plans and mentoring them, etc.

Industry committee  Good. Do some of these changes help entrepreneurs get well established and actually be successful in their entrepreneurship?

Industry committee  Mr. Lawford.

Industry committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you, witnesses, for being here. I personally think that it's important that there are monetary penalties to enforce government policy on wireless policies. But in a sense I think we've talked about the penalties being as low as $10 million to $15 million.

Industry committee  Would somebody from CRTC like to comment on that?

Industry committee  Thank you. Mr. Eby, have you any comments?

Industry committee  Mr. Charland, have you any comments?

Industry committee  Okay. Obviously these changes are intended to protect consumers, improve the bottom line for businesses and Canadian families, and ensure that they're getting real value for their hard-earned dollars. When I look around the world, and I've been to places like India where even the beggars have cellphones, our services for cellphones etc. are extremely high here, in my view.