Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Hello, Ritch. It's nice seeing you again. Of course, as a former board member of Invest Ottawa, I know that Invest Ottawa has has been working very closely with you since the inception of CENGN.
My colleague, Mr. Longfield, may not know that CENGN is also exploring precision agriculture both in Guelph and in my riding of Barrhaven, and hopefully something will come out of it.
Congratulations on getting $63 million from the Government of Ontario. I know you guys are doing good work.
We are already investing quite a bit of funds into research and development, especially in the universities. Over a period of time, the Government of Canada has invested billions of dollars in the universities. But I feel that the benefits have not flowed to the private sector, especially the SMEs. What can we do? How can we leverage the investments we are making in the universities to make sure that the benefits are available to Canadian SMEs?