Thank you.
On that, Ms. De Silva, regarding importing, you have mentioned working directly with 50 businesses that export a business strategy. I really commend you for the work you've done with it and for its successes.
In the early 2000s, when I was involved in this, many people relied on and wanted to jump into the export market based on the low Canadian dollar. That was their plan. When the dollar started to fall.... In our own business, for example, we import “one side polished” slabs of marble and granite, and it's great on the exporting side. On the importing side, when the dollar falls to 64¢ you can't offset all those costs to your customers.
With your expert business strategies, most often was it a direct export, an indirect export? Were there many times when you were working with a business and they just weren't ready to export?