Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to welcome all the witnesses.
I'm going to start by addressing a comment to Ms. Simmons.
Ms. Simmons, thank you for your presentation. It was very insightful. In the coming months, our committee may conduct a study on the potential industrial applications of quantum computing and, more broadly, the second quantum revolution. We can come back to this then.
My questions will be for the Council of Canadian Innovators representatives. I'm also going to ask Mr. Ahdoot from the Hypertec Group to share his perspective.
Shared Services Canada has provided data on digital service contracts to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates for the past year. The value of the contracts is $3.2 billion. Half of them were awarded to foreign companies or subsidiaries of foreign companies. Half of the local contracts involved programming work on foreign platforms. We cannot, therefore, speak of sovereignty.
Realistically, what can be brought back home in all of this?