Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thanks to both witnesses for appearing before the committee. Welcome.
Mr. Schwanen, the GMAP identifies a number of goals. Some are fairly specific and some are more amorphous. One is to “help SMEs expand into new markets” and make the leap to exporting, and you commented briefly on that.
I've read some statistics recently that show most of Canada's trade is really conducted by very large corporations in this country and SMEs really do not tap into export markets. We all want that to happen, but I'm just wondering, do you have any specific recommendations for a concrete measure that the government could take that would help SMEs actually penetrate those markets?