Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for being with us this morning.
Mr. Doyle, I'm going to begin with you.
On Friday morning, I had the pleasure of being in Niagara-on-the-Lake while Niagara College did a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their fifth innovation centre, the horticultural and environmental sciences innovation centre greenhouse. It's a $12-million facility. It is one of the five centres that respond to the growing demand from local businesses on the ground to bring forward ideas and consider how we can innovate to provide solutions for those businesses.
You and several other witnesses who have come previously have talked about CEGEPs and colleges punching above their weight in terms of getting results from the government funding that's been provided. Only about 4% of tri-agency funding was provided to colleges and CEGEPs.
Is there a recommendation that you would suggest to the government? You've put three ideas forward, but what is the most critical thing that the government could do to support the tech innovation centres? You say that there are over 70 now. There are five affiliated with Niagara College. How can we work to support them? I would suggest that they're providing more results and quicker results on the ground.