Perhaps I could take that on, on behalf of the departments participating in the hub.
The hub is an interesting organization. It includes 17 departments and agencies. We collaborate in a number of ways. Pre-COVID, its most practical feature was that the majority of the departments working with the hub were physically located in one location and worked collaboratively on key projects. Since COVID, it's been a bit challenging to keep that culture moving among departments, but we have found that, in dealing with clients, the level of interaction on a day-to-day basis has been strong and consistent, notwithstanding the fact that we had to move most of our discussions to virtual ones.
The reality is, when you come to the hub, you don't just meet one department. You meet all the departments that might have any relative bearing on the project or proposal you bring forward. We certainly see ourselves, within ISED and NRCan, as the coordinators for all of that work bringing relevant folks together. Essentially, the hub is a mechanism that works as a “no wrong door” approach for all clean-technology companies seeking to gain access to the federal system. Our assessment, based on client feedback, is that it's worked relatively well. Approximately 2,300 clients have been through the hub to date.