Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, you are very kind.
I would like to thank the witnesses for their presentations.
First of all, I would like to talk about Industry Canada's programs. Before being elected to Parliament, I managed a social enterprise. I sold devices that helped deaf and hearing impaired people in a store. Then, we made the transition to e-commerce.
There are two things I found very interesting. First, there was no government help available at the time. Second, once that e-commerce was in place, we started selling our products throughout the United States, in Europe and in South America. We received orders from all over. It was extremely interesting to see to what extent people from Asia or even Africa were interested in Canadian technology. I found the experience to be very interesting. Furthermore, I found there was not much support from government programs.
You talked about three funding sources: the pilot project, the program for small businesses and the BDC. I would like to know how much funding is available. For example, small businesses receive the services of 400 interns per year. I presume we are talking about an overall budget of about $400,000 or $4 million. What is Industry Canada's budget for all of these programs?