Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you very much, Minister Moore, for coming. We appreciate that very much.
I have three questions for you. I hope you can position your answers so I can get my three questions in.
The digital strategy is not really as forward looking in my opinion, as part of the opposition. As you indicated, we were waiting for it in 2008, while other things were moving very quickly. As an example, the government has promised to allocate $200 million to support small and medium businesses, but when used over the promised five-year period, it comes out to nothing more than $1.14 per Canadian. How are we going to be able to assist Canada's businesses in the digital economy when we have money for F-35s and for jails, but we only have $1.14 for something as important, as you indicated earlier, as the digital strategy? Even if it took five years to get it, I appreciate the fact that you've released it, but I don't see it as forward looking when only $1.14 per Canadian is going to be allocated.