Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to say, actually, how proud I am of you gentlemen for the work you're doing with Industry Canada and how proud I am to be associated with Industry Canada. I actually had the opportunity to go out to speak to the research community about how well received this science and technology strategy is.
Mr. Stewart, you talked about how we have this sustainable economic strategy, multi-year. Other governments in the past, and I think everybody's guilty, has been pouring a lot of money into it without a rudder, so this strategy has been received very, very well.
You touched on some of the issues we hear out in the field, like some of the problems with venture capital. You mentioned the EDC getting $75 million in the budget. You touched on commercialization. Now that the government has unveiled the overall science and technology strategy, I was wondering if you could comment on how the government is successfully implementing the science and technology strategy, kind of putting the meat on the bones of this strategy.
I will let you know, Mr. Chair, that I will be splitting my time with Mr. Stanton.