Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the witnesses for being here and congratulate them on their businesses.
Ms. Preston and Ms. Ing, you talked earlier about the development of your businesses. We are happy to welcome you as it is gratifying to see our small and medium Canadian businesses succeed to that extent. You are important economic motors in our country, and that is why we will be listening with particular interest to the comments you are going to be making.
I think that your businesses may have benefited from the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program, the CICP. What were your reasons for taking part in that government initiative?