Thank you. You raised a really important point. Perhaps I could address that first by talking about the trade diversification strategy. As you mentioned, we want to be able to help our companies grow internationally to build up their capacity to succeed globally. Maybe I'll pass it over afterwards to my colleague at ISED, Mr. Noseworthy, to talk about programs that will be put in place, that have been put in place, to support Canadian industry.
As part of the trade diversification strategy, as you might have heard from other witnesses as well, we look very much at enhancing tools and opportunities for our Canadian companies and increasing the capacity of our own network to be able to serve our Canadian companies. We look at where we trade, whom we trade with, what we export and who exports, including very much supporting some of the themes that were talked about in the session just before, in promoting women leadership, under-represented communities, etc.
We have a number of programs. I talked about CanExport and the funding that's gone into that to help Canadian companies make connections abroad, internationally. Also, there are tools that we've built, and we continue to build, to be able to work with our companies and help them access information at their fingertips through websites and information tools, as well as through the resources of our network, as I've explained. The trade diversification aspect is important, because it does help us access more markets and tap into more opportunities internationally.
Maybe I'll stop there. I will invite my colleague Mr. Noseworthy to talk a bit about programs under ISED that are helping Canadian companies in this area.