As part of our consultations, we had extensive discussions with the private sector. Ultimately, we want to prepare a document that will be presented to our political leaders. We've received a number of comments, for example about partial market coverage. The Canadian presence of the Trade Commissioner Service in Africa is partial. We don't have trade commissioners in all our embassies. If more resources are made available to us, we'd be happy about it.
However, it's not just that. There's also the whole question of funding. I know the committee and the Standing Committee on International Trade talk a lot about the roles of other agencies, like Export Development Canada as an insurer and as a financial element.
Also, there's been a lot of talk about our role with multilateral banks, such as the African Development Bank. In the past, this was an important market for our companies, but it is less so today. We've always had a managing director based in Abidjan, at the African Development Bank, who represents our interests and those of other countries, if I'm not mistaken.
FinDev Canada will be able to support the Canadian private sector.