Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for the wonderful presentations.
I said it before the meeting. This is one of my favourite parts of being a parliamentarian. We get the coolest presentations of what is going on, right at the ground floor, so thank you for being here.
I am going to start with a few questions for BDC. I have been fortunate to work with BDC through Innovation Guelph, one of the innovation centres in Ontario, working with the partnerships you talked about a little bit, and also the partnerships you have with financial institutions.
I see BDC as a very collaborative organization. The people you have working out of Kitchener who service our area are top notch, and there is no “but” in that statement. It is terrific to have your support for innovation.
I am very interested in the metrics you are using, and whether those are available in some form, when you talk about innovation, productivity, and exports. The large document you gave us in background talks about what you have done globally in terms of your numbers, but not so much by sector. I wonder whether we could see, by sector, how you are measuring productivity, innovation, and exports, and whether that could help us in our next study, which is going to be on manufacturing success and manufacturing strategies.
Do you have any kinds of templates or results that you can share with us on how you develop your measure of success with the businesses you are working with?