Mr. Chair, in answer to the question, we do have documentation, an SME exporters guide. It is available in hard copy and online, and is used by our staff in our regional offices to assist small businesses to look beyond their local market. That's one way of doing it.
We also rely increasingly on Internet portals. There is a very good www.Canada.gc.ca portal, which is not as well known as it should be. There are three sub-portals. One is called “Canadian Business”, and it's for business people. One is for Canadians, with everything including online tax help and that sort of thing. The third is international. It's aimed at foreigners looking to invest in or buy from Canada. I think the committee might be interested in looking at that website, particularly the business one, because it's oriented especially to small business people who are looking to go beyond what they normally do.
We also have economic studies showing that the small exporters that account for the majority of exporters now serve more than two markets on average, which is an increase of 50%, compared to an increase of 30% for the large exporters. So there's a positive trend developing.