Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to everybody for coming today. Thank you for your expertise.
I'm from Kitchener. We are home to world-class innovation. Our innovation ecosystem is unmatched. What I see within our ecosystem, though, is some cutting-edge technology not reaching monetization, number one, and number two, not staying within Canada when it does. To that end, $62 billion of net investment left Canada in the past five months.
Mr. Doyle, my questions will be for you today. One of your SMART centres is located right in my community. Thank you for coming with your expertise today.
First, how does the current spending support real technology adoption through monetization, which is vital in tech hubs like Kitchener?