Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, everybody, for taking the time today to be with us.
I have one question I want to get to the bottom of, and I'm hoping you might be able to help, Ms. Vega.
At the last committee, we heard from a witness who said it was rather difficult, after looking for venture capital and getting it through the United States, to then have the ability to have business eligible for funding and other supports here in Canada. It seems that once they go the United States route, they're gone to the United States route.
Is this experience that you've seen? Is this accurate? If so, is there a role that government could or should be playing in helping to keep these Canadian-owned businesses as Canadian-owned businesses?