Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for joining us today.
I just want to build on some of the comments and questioning of one of my colleagues earlier with regard to the support required for assistance for small and medium-sized enterprises. I'll refer back to our last session when we had two organizations saying that sometimes those small and medium-sized enterprises have a difficult time accessing not only the resources available for assistance but also the technological assistance and support they would need to bring forward the changes that are required.
I'll go first to Ms. Manuel with GreenCentre Canada.
You talked about the commitment from the federal government of that $1 billion over five years to attract private sector investment in clean-tech projects. If you could, build on those obstacles that stand in the way of those small and medium-sized enterprises that try to leverage, develop and grow from the assistance that could be provided.