Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Given that all taxpayers fund these programs, which I think we all acknowledge, when I look at the breakdown of the money being handed out from the strategic innovation fund, it's troubling when I see, for example, my home province of Manitoba having the second-lowest per capita funding from SIF. Not only that, but it is less than half the national average. In Manitoba, it's $21.91 per capita; whereas in Ontario, for example, it's $62.25.
It appears that the Liberals are not only picking through this program which industries are winners and losers, but also which provinces are winners and losers. Why is it that Manitoba is not getting its fair share of these grant and contribution monies?