Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to thank all of the witnesses for their particularly interesting testimony today.
I have to agree with my colleagues that many different angles have been looked at, so I really appreciate the information we've received today.
Many of you made reference to the fact that fewer investors are being attracted to the Canadian economy right now, that the number of publicly traded companies has significantly decreased since its peak in 2006, and that there isn't currently much recourse for companies that are trying to compete against the big players. My questions will revolve around those things.
Ms. Larkin, I'll go to you first. You mentioned a lot of the stats that you guys found. Did your study find any reasons for this decrease? Would you care to comment? I know you mentioned that you might be doing future studies or focusing on this in the future, but what are the main reasons you found?