Well, I guess I beg to differ with you about the fact that BDC does not understand the need to move quickly. I guess I'd ask you to separate in your own mind the usual activities, the normal activities of BDC, and the special program referred to as BCAP.
The normal activities of BDC are up. Here are some statistics you might find interesting: in the automobile sector, we've increased our lending by 11.5% versus last year; in the forestry sector, we've increased our lending by 20%; in the tourism sector, by 6%. And you know as well as I do that these are very difficult sectors, ones that truly need help. And for our normal activities, we are busy recruiting some more people. There is as much going on as we can physically do presently on the normal side.
The second thing you're referring to is the BCAP, the business credit availability program, which came our way at budget time. It's an effort by all financial institutions, not just BDC, but EDC and us, jointly or collectively, to work together to try to do more. I've said to you that we have five projects under way with all of them. When we met with them, we asked, how can we help? They said, first, please step in on syndications when we have people, other players, who are no longer at the table. We're in the midst of doing that.
We have the five initiatives that I've mentioned, including purchasing, helping them to purchase commercial mortgages so that it frees up some capital for them. But these are all new initiatives, and everyone is beavering away at making sure these happen.