We heard from a witness who came before our committee a meeting or two ago. He represents a large company that is a TSX company based in Edmonton. Their company has significant operations in the United States. He indicated that his company brought an application for an EDC loan on March 10. He doesn't expect that any support will be available until at least the latter part of August.
By contrast, he noted that an application that was brought for similar support in the United States was processed and the financing was provided within five business days. That's just one example, but that seems to be a striking difference between a matter of five business days in the case of the United States versus a months-long process under EDC. He expressed some frustration. I was wondering if you might care to comment in broad terms on the striking contrast.