Ms. Karen Kastner at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On October 24th, 2016. See this statement in context.

October 24th, 2016 / 5:25 p.m.

Vice-President, Partnerships and Government Relations, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

I'll just add that within our law, our eligibility criteria are such that we have to finance viable businesses. I'm paraphrasing, but section 14 talks about an entrepreneur having a stake in the business that we finance and various other eligibility criteria that make it such that it is a sustainable business.

We are a sustainable organization.

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