Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I just want to thank all of the witnesses who have been so deeply immersed in supporting our steel industry and workers. We heard testimony last week from Algoma Steel in my riding, and from Tenaris in my riding and Calgary, saying that they were thankful for the swift and forceful response.
Kalyan Ghosh mentioned that Algoma Steel has applied for the strategic innovation fund. I have several questions for Paul Halucha on this. Without getting into details that you cannot get into, is there uptake from other steel and aluminum players? Algoma Steel employs many people, and it's 40% of the GDP of Sault Ste. Marie. If Algoma Steel hurts, a lot of times the smaller SMEs hurt as well.
What's the uptake on SIF? Is there a special carve-out of money for SIF? What is the importance of supporting the larger players through the SIF program as it relates to SMEs as well?