Thank you very much, Minister, for appearing.
I just have a few questions. As you know, I used to work for the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation in small business entrepreneurship. I was the general manager there, and we were also responsible for inbound and outbound trade missions. We really haven't seen a whole lot of support over the last 10 years for trade missions in the regions, in rural and northern areas. We used to receive funding. We were in China, Portugal, Ireland, but there really hasn't been any funding in the last 10 years. There has been a little bit of a lack of initiative in that matter.
Do you foresee in your new portfolio—I know you've been there for three months—more support, more resources for economic development agencies and regional ones to put together and coordinate both inbound and outbound trade missions?