Mr. Beaudoin, I would like to begin by thanking you for coming to testify before this committee. It's always very important to obtain this kind of information. I thought your presentation was very interesting.
You said that, in 2007, Statistics Canada conducted a more in-depth study on SMEs and the adoption of ICTs so as to provide an overview. We are now in 2013, and it has been a while since the last study was carried out. It's difficult to figure out what the trends are.
Why did the government abandon those studies and then decide that they were needed?