Thank you, Chair.
I would too like to thank the witnesses and welcome them here.
There's something that I'm struggling a little bit with. I'll maybe focus with Mr. Gratton. What we've heard and certainly we've heard from B.C. AMTA.... Coming from Kamloops, I'm very familiar with them, and also with some of the ASETS holders in the area.... I'm really trying to key in the two.
Mr. Gratton, you went on the board of B.C. AMTA. Some of the ASETS holders are suggesting that it's really a duplication of the support that's available through them. Could you tell me why you headed down that path to set up a new organization with support from SPF? I think there are some valid comments in terms of structures being in place throughout the country that are tasked and we've created duplication and overlap. Could you talk to me a little bit more? I understand that SPF was a temporary program, it was part of the economic action plan. We're really trying to look at the models and why the models work.