Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thanks, Mr. Arora, for being here and for your patience.
Yesterday in the House we heard the finance minister say that he wanted to ensure that Statistics Canada would be operating independently of the government. It was good to hear you say that in your opening statement as well, to reinforce that for the record.
There's a comment you made in The Globe and Mail that I think really highlights a value that this committee could acquire from the work that you're doing. It also reflects on my background as the managing director of a Canadian division of a multinational. Data in Europe is a lot stronger for business than data in North America has been, especially in Canada.
Your comments mentioned the effect of globalization on Canada and better capturing the activity of Canadian companies overseas and that of foreign companies operating within Canada. In terms of the data that's going on in business overseas and the data on behalf of multinationals operating here, how do you intend to work into the data of the businesses around the world and within Canada?