Thank you.
My colleague Mr. Davies brought up one thing that I'd like to explore a little further and that's the important role of SMEs. Small and medium-sized enterprises are embedded into the strategy of the global markets action plan. In particular, as parliamentary secretary to trade, I've lost count now of how many positive stories I've heard from exporters about how our trade commissioner service has helped non-global Canadian players. In the case of an SME that, for instance, exports to the U.S. but for the first time is looking at Germany or at a market in Europe, the trade commissioner service helps them to access the tools they need to find distributors, set the stage for sales, understand the regulatory environment, and that sort of thing. I find our plan also helps prioritize that spending and the deployment of the trade commissioner service.
With respect to SMEs in particular, I'd love to hear your comments on something. I don't know how familiar you might be with the trade commissioner service. Do you think that's an area we can continue to develop to help the SMEs grow their markets?