Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Congratulations to you, Mr. Siegel. I don't imagine our support was necessary, but I am glad we were able to show it.
Thank you, Mr. Poloz, for your presentation. I enjoyed reading the piece you had provided to us in advance. It's always nice to get these in advance, so thank you for that.
I want to pick up on your comments about per capita productivity increasing sixfold in the U.S. and fivefold in Canada. That's an interesting dynamic, and we've heard different explanations from different witnesses for what's causing that. You referred to it as a paradigm shift.
Is this just part of the fact that Canadian companies, in fact companies worldwide, are exporting more services than merchandise?
And I guess taking that as a premise, how is EDC changing to adapt to that?