Thank you very much.
To address one of your first questions, the chief economist of Global Affairs Canada does issue an annual report on the state of trade. I will ensure that the clerk receives a copy of that, because it is actually a snapshot and it's consistent across time in terms of methodology, etc. It does provide a good baseline and we can look at it year over year.
With respect to your question about the point that CFIB raised with the problem that some SMEs export once and don't stay engaged, that's something that within the trade commissioner service we recognize as a problem. There are two problems that we try to help businesses address.
Number one is the risk of exporting. Through access to information, intelligence and preparation for that market so that they are going to succeed, so that they are going have a better opportunity when they arrive and they're going make better contacts, they're going to have greater success and we can help keep them re-engaged. That's one thing that we are actively looking at.
We also know that roughly 59% of our clients at any given time are exporting to only one market. These are SMEs that are already working with the trade commissioner service. They already understand what we can do for them. We're working with them to identify other opportunities as well so that we're expanding their markets. We're looking for new opportunities for them. We know that in turn that opportunity and the value they're going to bring back into Canada are going to contribute overall to a more innovative and successful company.