Yes, that's great. Thanks, Mr. Regan.
It's a horrible cold cloudy day so you're not missing much here.
For our part, because we've been a software engineering firm, over the years we have been part of a number of initiatives and projects that have qualified for the federal SR and ED program. That program has helped us reinvest in new technology, invest in skills that we've used to help grow our business, build new service offerings that we've taken to the market, and, I think, remain globally competitive. That program is getting more difficult to work with and to qualify for.
The sad reality, I suppose, is that we're an 80-person company that builds interactive technology for the world's leading media brands and we've never once had a successful digital media tax credit application in Nova Scotia. We have several applications in the file now that are under way for review yet again, but never has one been successful, for a variety of criteria and considerations. We won't go into all that except to say we've tried to leverage some of those but they are not clearly administered.
I think there's much room for improvement there. If there's room to make it more uniform across the country so we're not competing for projects and for talent with the other provinces across the country, I think Canada probably will be stronger overall. As a country, we're recognized as being a leader in this space, but once people come in across the border, the provinces all fight for the business and we fight for the talent, and I think no one gets any further ahead for it.