Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for taking the time to attend this meeting.
I am going to please my colleague Mr. Drouin and come back to the issue of automation. My question is for the witnesses from the Ontario ministry, including Mr. Kelly.
What could the federal government do to facilitate technological innovation?
In your presentation, you talked about foreign-owned companies and a lot of pressure. I believe I understood that these companies are subject to underinvestment, or at least delayed investment, particularly in Ontario. You seemed to be saying that you could draw a fairly direct link between foreign ownership of these companies and underinvestment in technology.
What could the federal government do to improve the situation? For example, would having more locally owned corporate headquarters improve things?