Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would also like to thank the witnesses for being here today.
I see the results of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, particularly in the Lower St. Lawrence region, where it is very active. I also see the good work of the Community Futures Development Corporations, the CFDCs, which is extremely important in the rural regions.
I have a few questions for you about the CFDCs and the investment in the regions.
My first question is more general. What was the impact of closing Quebec's local development centres, the CLDs, on CED and the CFDCs? I know that in the Lower St. Lawrence, a lot of partnerships were struck between the two organizations. The CLDs have been replaced in some regions but not in others, which has certainly had an impact on the role of the CFDCs and the complementarity that existed in the past.