Thank you, Mr. Chair.
For every SIF project, we work very closely with the company and undertake due diligence on that project. Our due diligence includes an assessment of the technical merits of the project and the market. We do a market assessment of the project to ensure there's a robust market to support the project moving forward. As well, we do a financial overview of the project.
Throughout the due diligence, we also, in most instances and in the case of Ontario, almost always work very closely with our provincial counterparts to ensure we understand where their assessment of the project is moving and where they're looking, and the level of support they're looking to offer. We send a recommendation to the minister with regard to an approach and a negotiation strategy. Then we enter into negotiations with the company, which ultimately will lead to the terms that are in the final agreement.
As the deputy did indicate, all of our agreements include job numbers, co-op numbers, R and D commitments, capex investments and then other benefit commitments depending on the nature of the project.