I think we always have to be cautious.
SDTC isn't a well-known organization, but it funds the most green technology projects. Statistics show that the funding it has provided has assisted 500 companies and contributed to the development of 194 new technologies that have helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to the removal of 7 million cars from our roads. We're talking about 20,000 jobs since 2001. I'm not saying that solely as a minister. As parliamentarians, we can weigh that and conclude that things have worked well for a long time under the regulatory and legal framework established by Parliament in that year.
I don't want to name any businesses, to avoid focusing attention on them today, but all MPs have a number of these businesses in their ridings. Many people have received funding in the past 20 years. That has helped create Canadian champions in certain fields.
I would just say that we can't confuse SDTC with other subcontractors because we have a federal act that determines how that funding must be administered.