International Trade committee  Then you're quite right; it is for product promotion.

International Trade committee  It's around half a million. But it gets a little better; I'm sure that sounds small.

International Trade committee  For business development.

International Trade committee  Around the world, the fund is larger. In the U.S. it's around—

International Trade committee  We have around $500,000 that we focus on basic business development. We have another $100,000 that is used to assist new Canadian exporters along the U.S. border. We call that the export U.S.A. program. And because of the huge focus on technology in our relationship with the U.S., we have an additional $400,000 that is focused on technology development, technology partnership.

International Trade committee  The total would be $3.4 million.

International Trade committee  I believe I can confirm that there has been no reversal of the SPP process; at least I'm not aware of any. We do support working group meetings that take place. They're led by Public Safety, and Industry Canada, although we participate in the regulatory framework discussions, as Martin was mentioning.

International Trade committee  We certainly support the meetings in the sense that, as the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, we work very closely with both the Mexican and the U.S. governments, and we maintain that bilateral relationship. But this particular structure that has been put in place is led by the two departments I just mentioned.

International Trade committee  As you may know, the security and prosperity partnership has two ministers within the Canadian government: the Minister of Public Safety, on the security side; and the Minister of Industry, on the prosperity side. Although we're involved in supporting the meetings that take place, our department is really not the lead on the SPP.

International Trade committee  I'll finish quickly on the passport issue. I don't want to leave you with the sense that we're being complacent at all. We're working very closely with our counterparts in the U.S. We certainly went through this when it was implemented for the air, and we're doing the same thing with regard to the land and the marine.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for that question. This is an issue we have been working on very closely with our counterparts in the U.S. As I'm sure you know, there has already been one delay in the implementation of the passport requirement, for land. It's in place now for air and seems to be working, after a period of adjustment.