Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's my turn to acknowledge the contribution of women within the Government of Canada and across the country on this International Women's Day.
I thank my colleague opposite for her questions.
I would like to talk about economic diversification. Let's start with western Canada. Western Economic Diversification Canada was founded in 1987, if I'm not mistaken. I am a former resident of western Canada. I grew up in northern Alberta and lived in a riding whose MP was Don Mazankowski. I think he was one of the catalysts in the creation of that agency promoting western economic diversification.
Could you talk about your mandate as it concerns innovation and diversification? What is the place of official languages in diversification? For example, you talk about production or expanding the western Canadian economy, which used to be based on agriculture and natural resources. What can we really do? What is the role of official languages?
You talk about tourism, for example. Are there any examples of that? Are there any industries they could use this asset that Canada has, its two official languages, to develop new businesses in western Canada?