That's a very good question.
Obviously the adoption and use of ICTs have been linked to productivity. So that explains part of the productivity gap. For sure there are some incentives, or there are some reasons for firms to want to invest even more in digital technologies of all sorts, because doing so can lead to higher productivity, as I talked about.
On that front, it's something we want to better understand. That is why we've commissioned a study, which we expect will be finalized in the next couple of months, to try to better understand what's taking place from an ICT-investment perspective and to determine the reason for the gap.
I'll give you an example. We know there's a significant gap. The gap appears to take place when you look at software investments. Our firms appear to invest much less in software than do firms in the United States. When you look at hardware—computers, for example—we're actually above the United States. It seems that when you look at the software side of it, that is where there's a tremendous gap.
We will look at the reason for that. The more granularity and results we have on that front, the better we will understand the reasons behind that.