Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Hello, Minister Duncan. Thank you for being here today.
My first question was going to touch on the excellent work that the University of Montreal is doing on AI, but I think you've answered that very well. I'll just point out that I think it's fantastic that we're making a strong investment there.
During one of the rounds of consultations we did in the pre-budget, I had a gentleman come to me and he was very adamant. “I'm in the high tech business“, he said, “and if you can give one message, teach kids to code.” He was very strong on that. I was very happy to see we had some money put aside in the budget. Can you elaborate on the amount of money and how you see that playing out?