Thank you very much.
I, too, have great respect for my colleague, but “reconsider” is a problem, because I know it's the job of this committee to evaluate and to recommend to the minister, and it would be pretty obvious to me that without a strong recommendation from this committee to restore, it will not be restored.
Peter is right. ACOA has indicated that they're not going to be involved. It looks like the government will not be involved unless this committee's recommendation--and perhaps even with this committee's recommendation--is to restore. If they're wondering about re-evaluating or evaluating the situation, it's been evaluated to death, and the CCFI is about to go under.
Without a strong recommendation from this committee to restore it, without a push from this committee, we will lose this very valuable resource for the industry at a time when the industry desperately needs this research and innovation.