Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to all of our very, very patient witnesses.
I would like to start with Mr. Evereklian.
I want to acknowledge and thank you for your service. I thought I heard you say that you served as chief of staff to two ministers, which I think that's amazing.
I really like the idea that you proposed. I have seen this immigrant entrepreneurship program for people to take over businesses. In the home-building industry where the people wanted to retire, their kids didn't want to take over the business, so they were kind of stuck. Some of these businesses were doing well.
I've also noticed that when immigrants come, they may come here with newer ideas, better ideas on how to improve the businesses and create more jobs. I really appreciate that proposal that you put forward .
My first question to you is, why should this new program be implemented? What is the difference between what we already have now and what you're proposing?