Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the officials for being here.
Last year Minister Bains stated that, under the strategic innovation fund, a little more than $1 billion had been paid out to various companies across Canada—46 projects, 56,000 jobs. The problem with that statement, as it turned out, according to access to information data, is that the number was not true. Instead of 56,000 jobs created, a little more than 6,600 jobs had been created, so the minister's statement of 56,000 jobs was 10 times the number of jobs created. That was as of March 31, 2019.
Could you provide an update as to how many jobs have been created under the strategic innovation fund?