Natural Resources committee  Again, to clarify, that is a fund separate and apart from the salaries and budgets of the various posts and the work they do. The integrated trade strategic fund is, across sectors, a competitive fund. There is another fund within the Department of Foreign Affairs called the client service fund.

Natural Resources committee  I'll have to get back to you on that and on the breadth of promotion programs that may be out there beyond my experience.

Natural Resources committee  As my colleague has said, it depends on what product or service we're talking about, nuclear being different from oil and gas. Innovations that we've seen take place in the Canadian oil and gas sector, for example, are the types of things that Canadian companies are looking to export abroad.

Natural Resources committee  No. I think that covers it.

Natural Resources committee  To confirm with my colleague here, yes.

Natural Resources committee  Our relationship with our counterparts abroad identifies buyers. If we're speaking commodities, it's buyer identification. But to the extent that market diversification hinges on infrastructure, our contacts at post would not be able to....

Natural Resources committee  This allows posts to highlight in their markets Canadian expertise, products, and services.

Natural Resources committee  I don't think that's for me to speak to. It's certainly for me to look to the project proposals that come in and assess them against the funding criteria and the sector strategies that the department has prepared.

Natural Resources committee  That would be across the sectors, and it's across identified priority sectors. As well, there is a component there for CSR projects initiatives—again, those that posts identify—and there is a component in there with respect to Canadian investment abroad.

Natural Resources committee  No. When I was referring to these numbers, I wasn't speaking to FTEs or departmental budgets. This is a fund available for specific initiatives.

Natural Resources committee  The main goal of a Canadian mission in its entirety, or do you mean the trade aspect, more narrowly?

Natural Resources committee  Do you mean through the Department of Foreign Affairs?

Natural Resources committee  There is another fund within Foreign Affairs, which is called our client service fund. Again, it supports our missions abroad. I'd have to get back to you on the numbers for that. These are not specific to market diversification. They are to support the work of the Trade Commissioner Service, so supporting our exports of products and services abroad.

Natural Resources committee  It is a mission-based analysis based on their local knowledge of their markets through their contacts, their research, their analysis of the market, what they view are the best opportunities for Canadian products and services to be exported into that market.

Natural Resources committee  The trade commissioner group within the mission would be there to support Canadian exports abroad. It would be there to attract foreign investment into Canada. It would be, in addition, to speak to Canadian values—for example, corporate social responsibility. The broader mission in its entirety is to speak to Canada's dialogue with the host state.