Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Mr. Barton, for your service and for taking the time today.
My colleagues asked a lot of macro-level questions on business investment and what regulatory changes we could make to strengthen the Canadian economy and Canada's middle class.
You mentioned one thing that struck my interest, which was supporting our SMEs and ensuring they have better access to export markets. That's not always in our control, because the export market we're exporting to has to be open for free trade, etc.
However, you said we have to scale up organizations like BDC. Can you elaborate a little more on that and see what changes we can make to organizations like BDC and EDC to help Canadian SMEs expand?