Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all of you for being here this afternoon. We appreciate it.
Of course the main reason we're here today, and why the committee has agreed to pursue this study, is based on some of the recommendations in the Canadian Chamber of Commerce report. One of the areas they identified where they have some concern or where they think we can all do a better job is with respect to regulatory red tape. I was in the private sector before I came here, and depending on who you talk to, the definition of red tape is different.
What I'm wondering is whether we are doing the absolute best we can—the three departments that are represented here—to administer things and lower the regulatory and red tape burden when we're trying to get businesses to partner with us in running programs and building businesses in these remote and rural communities. Do you have any recommendations in specific areas in each of your departments where we could be doing a better job of reducing the red tape or regulatory burdens that businesses might be claiming are impediments to greater success in these programs?
Whichever department wants to start is fine with me, Mr. Chair.