Absolutely. Thank you so very much for the question.
I think our CEO, Kayla Isabelle, had the opportunity to meet you a few years ago, pre-pandemic, in one of our Startup Canada global programming stops, so it's nice to see you again.
You raised a very great point, and that is that any additional investment in support for entrepreneurs is a good one, so I am pleased to see that there is an acknowledgement that there needs to be better support for rural and remote entrepreneurs, with connectivity certainly being a big one.
Startup Canada has an important partnership with an organization called Rural on Purpose. That partnership supports us in our advocacy efforts and supports the ecosystem in helping us better understand where the pain points are, perhaps in some of the more northern and rural locations.
I think that when the government looks to this digital adoption piece, the huge investment in getting companies online and creating a robust network of entrepreneur organizations that are digitally competent and digitally sound, there needs to be acknowledgement of and there needs better consultation with the entrepreneurs who are in those locations where it's not as easy as this to have a conversation remotely or to connect with their customers or with their stakeholders, wherever they may be.
While I think it's a great investment, additional support is certainly needed if we want to be able to create a true entrepreneurial robust ecosystem that removes as many hurdles as possible for entrepreneurs to be successful.