Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you again for appearing before us.
I had hoped that I was going to get a chance to talk to the minister, but I'm sure you all can also provide us with the answers I'm looking for.
I'm specifically interested in productivity. I know in the four years I've served on the industry committee, one of the areas where we've lagged behind in manufacturing and in much of the other sectors is productivity. I heard a report recently, in the last few days as a matter of fact, that we seem to have corrected that to some degree.
I'm wondering if you could first of all tell us where we have found that correction. Are we seeing a trend in something that has plagued us for a long time? What can we do in Industry Canada to continue to move in that direction? That certainly is going to be one of the primaries if we're going to come out of this strong and healthy in the next few years.