That's a very good point. Perhaps it speaks to the nature of our cultural fabric. As Canadians, we tend to be humble, but humility sometimes may not be such a good thing when it gets to promoting some of our successes in advancing the technology in this space. There seems to be a bit of a lag between where the industry and the technologies are at now and the perception not just within the Canadian public, but among some of our external clients.
I have to say that the efforts over the past should certainly be pursued and probably be enhanced to showcase some of those initiatives. I'm thinking particularly of the work of some of our small and medium-sized firms active in this space, many of which have been recipients of some of our support and who have found some of those great technologies. I'm thinking for instance in terms of water technology. Gas flaring is another example that is coming to mind. We are truly world leaders in that space. We did some sessions for instance down in Washington working closely with our mission there to bring some of the companies and let them share their practices. We also did quite a number of sessions this past week at the GLOBE conference in Vancouver, where we brought some Canadian companies to connect with South Korean firms and Chinese firms. There were some B2B sessions, but also some more open sessions to share the results of their work. There is a large-scale exhibit also taking place there. Those events are great because we had over 50 countries in attendance, over 2,000 delegates, and 10,000 or so attending the showcase of those technologies.
Those are venues where it could be done. I would agree, Mr. Chair, with the committee member that this is an area where we could do better. We should definitely work also with our Global Affairs Canada colleagues and the Canadian technology experts that we have around around our missions to get the message out.