Hi. I guess I can speak to our trade commissioner network abroad and the support we offer this sector as well as others.
As mentioned, we have a series of missions abroad, all of which have trade commissioners, some of whom are identified to be supporting the oil and gas sector and others perhaps infrastructure, which would include energy, etc. They are there to assist Canadian exporters to identify potential buyers or partners for their products and services abroad.
The group that I am resident in has a trade commissioner embedded in the Petroleum Services Association offices in Calgary. He is an identified key individual whose aim is to be expert in supporting Canada's oil and gas sector abroad. Our various trade commissioners who are working in missions in Malaysia, Qatar, or wherever can reach back and have access to this specialist who is linked with industry directly and who will assist them in their work. Apparently 44-odd missions within our network have identified the oil and gas sector as a priority for their various markets, so those ones would be most proactively working in support of that sector.
We do have, as you've alluded to, financial mechanisms. A program that the Department of Foreign Affairs has internally is our integrated trade support fund. Posts can access that fund to assist them in running events in their markets.
To use an example of a country, let's say in Malaysia they want to run a seminar highlighting Canadian expertise in the oil and gas sector. They perhaps could draw upon that fund for room rentals, etc.