Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I have a comment and then a question. When I was in South Sudan, I learned that the state owns all of the property. Because the control of a certain sector of land is conferred on a tribal chief, it is at the whim of the chief as to whom he assigns that property for agricultural purposes, and his whim may change from one year to the next. So all of the investment that an individual has made—and all of the labour is done by females, so all of the work that she has done—this year may be for naught next year for an investment for her family. I see that as problematic for the long-term development. Consequently, there is a desperate need for land ownership and property rights and institution-building in a country like South Sudan.
That's not my question.
Earlier, I mentioned that my son-in-law is from Ghana, from Kumasi. He came here to do his doctorate. He's finishing a doctorate in electrical engineering, and he has a very entrepreneurial spirit. He is in the process of developing a company, looking for investors right now, that will go back to Ghana. He's not likely to go back and live there himself long term, but he certainly wants to develop a business that will impact and assist Ghana in moving forward in energy production.
My question is this. We've seen a great outflow of some of the brightest minds in emerging or poverty-stricken economies, so how are we able to harness the resource of the diaspora from various communities to help growth? They understand the cultural impacts. They understand better than we ever can the needs of their own country. Are we able to harness that resource to go back to these countries and help them develop?