Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our guests today.
There was an interesting comment in opening the debate.
Mr. Wilson, I made notes on your comments. You talked about the scale of business investment in ICT. You said it was about a third, which is a significant investment for a business in the cost of doing business. You also talked about Canadian businesses lagging behind the U.S. in ICT investment since 1992.
I come from the business world and I know the cost of doing business. I come from small business, and we actually celebrate small business this week and all the great things it does in this country.
I wonder if you could elaborate a bit on the cost side of this, in terms of ICT, and talk about why we are lagging behind the U.S. Is it strictly a scale issue, or is it an opportunity issue?