I described the four asset classes that are alternatives. One of the asset classes is infrastructure. The government put up its hand and said that this asset class was important to it.
I propose that we do the same thing with the private lending asset class. Private lending is an asset class that, by its nature, is geared toward Main Street.
We are talking about a potential ranging from $100 billion to $200 billion. We are also talking about attracting investment to Canada by institutional investors, who would have a Canadian alternative for their private lending mandates, as well as European investors with whom I spoke last fall. They're looking for markets to fulfill private lending mandates that are North American but not American. That means Canada.
