Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to the department.
I'm going to start with you, Mr. Knubley.
Based on table 1 of the document from the Library of Parliament, there are a number of federal agencies that have received more funding or requested more funding. I would like to go through a couple of them specifically. I looked at the percentages, and I went across. The department that's apparently requesting the highest percentage is the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency. It is asking for $63.5 million. That's an increase of about 122%. Can you expand on that one?
I have a number of them, so I can quickly go through them.
Western Economic Diversification Canada has a 106% increase. Then the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario has a 40% increase. National Research Council Canada has a 17% increase. Finally, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada has an 18.3% increase.
If you could cover those so that I don't have to keep interrupting you, that would be good.