Thank you, Madam Chair.
Let me start by welcoming you, Mr. Kennedy, to our committee. We look forward to working with you very closely.
In your opening statement you mentioned that the ISED objective is to support economic growth, and the way to promote economic growth is through a more dynamic and innovative Canadian economy.
You talked about a lot of the supplementary estimates we are reviewing today being focused on investments. Specifically you talked about some of the funding around the Canadian digital research infrastructure strategy and women entrepreneurship as well as the Canadian experiences fund.
I'd like to start by asking you to expand on Canada's digital research infrastructure strategy. How much funding is being allocated? What is the objective? How have we progressed?