Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It is a great pleasure to be in Fredericton again. I spent many good years in this city.
Thank you all, by the way, for these very interesting presentations, some of which are very familiar to me in my role as a Quebec member of Parliament. In fact, it was just on Friday that I visited the local BDC office in Gatineau, where the very theme you spoke about, Monsieur Brun, intergenerational transfers, was brought up. I know that is a huge issue and one that I think we will have to consider as we move toward a report.
Overlaying that is the theme of venture capital. Mr. Fudge and Ms. Ross, you spoke about access to capital in New Brunswick, and we're hearing that as a common refrain across the country. Ms. Ross and Mr. Fudge, are you seeing pent-up demand? Are there venture capital pools? Are there opportunities to invest? Are there businesses to invest in where the rules are an impediment to getting successful ventures off the ground, either in Fredericton or in New Brunswick generally?