Thank you very much.
Thank you, Mr. Coulombe, for your testimony and for being here today. I thank all the witnesses for coming this afternoon.
First of all, a paid announcement. I think NRC and IRAP do an incredible job in our communities across the country. I thank you for the efforts that you put in. I work very closely with Kirsten McBride in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, and they do a truly outstanding job of integrating into the community and working very closely with their firms, encouraging them and being part of their teams. I was in biotechnology, and they certainly were a resource to me, not only a funding resource but a resource for market development and so on. I congratulate you and thank you for that.
I have a couple of questions.
You talked a little bit about what you've been able to do over the last year. You talked about the $200 million that you've received over the two years and about how you were really working towards getting that money into the communities. Could you elaborate a little bit? We're not quite one year, but almost one year, into this. You gave some statistics as to your success.
My concern is for the year coming forward. We're not out of this economic crisis as of yet. We just spoke a little bit about venture capital funding being in a crisis state. I think some of these companies will be looking to NRC to continue their role over the next year or two. I'd like you to comment as to where you feel NRC will be situated this year coming forward--not the year we're just ending, but the year coming forward. Do you think you're going to need additional moneys? Do you think you're well situated?