Thank you, Ms. Renart and Mr. Smith, for your presentations and for being here.
In the city of Mississauga and my riding of Mississauga EastâCooksville, they have been investing a great deal of time through the economic development and trade department in Brazil. I know trade missions have gone there for I think the last five years, and finally they have borne a great deal of fruit.
A large operation, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in Brazil, Biolab, is investing $57.4 million in Mississauga. They are opening up a plant. These are high-skilled, high-paying jobs that are coming to Mississauga. It does take time to work that market.
I would like to know what other opportunities there are in terms of manufacturing. This one is in pharmaceutical, again, and it's high-paying. Mississauga is an area where we do have a cluster when it comes to the life sciences, but I would like to know about other areas in the country and where you see opportunities for Canada with the Mercosur, and in particular Brazil.