International Trade committee  Oh, I see. I'm sorry. I didn't understand the question, Madam Chair. They're the same areas, as a matter of fact. The same sectors are the key sectors that we see, although, as I think Ms. Lavery mentioned, it does depend a little bit on the market. It would be hard to paint everything with a single brush.

International Trade committee  Madam Chair, I think this is a very good, important question—to try to motivate people beyond the North American space. Obviously, that is where a lot of our clients want to start, because it's an understandable market, a large market and a wealthy market, and there are a number of opportunities for Canadian businesses there.

International Trade committee  They've made some investments in LNG in Canada.

International Trade committee  I think it's very clear that they're involved and interested in accessing LNG.

International Trade committee  At the moment, I know who the head of the office is.

International Trade committee  I don't know, in fact, if there are more people on—

International Trade committee  I believe the head of that office has been put in place. I spoke to her the other day, but this is an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada responsibility and lead, so it will be rolling out that office and getting it set up.

International Trade committee  Madam Chair, I can say that there is work on developing what the gateway will look like and how it will serve outside of the trade commissioner service, because obviously we do not want to duplicate the services that already exist. We are talking to folks who are interested in getting into the market about what will help them and what will be most useful for them in terms of getting on the ground there.

International Trade committee  I believe it's still in the development phase.

International Trade committee  Madam Chair, NRCan is leading that. I wouldn't be able to speak to that.

International Trade committee  Madam Chair, I'm not an expert on what AAFC's process is or on whether there were different envelopes they were accessing. I do know that the head of that office is in place. I do not know the status of the rest of her office and whether she in fact has other people there or not.

International Trade committee  I'm not in a position to say that.

International Trade committee  I do recall that study from this committee, and, of course, we paid close attention to it at the time. As you know, the CORE was appointed in 2019. Part of the early days of that office was setting up the procedures and so on. That may be part of the reason why perhaps there weren't many cases in the early days.

International Trade committee  I'm really grateful for the question. The border cities and communities are incredibly important in this trade space. As you say, folks travel back and forth all the time. I was posted in the United States, so I understand that market fairly well and how we work. I can tell you that across the U.S. last year, we served almost 3,000 clients and delivered over 8,000 services to them, and we saw more than a hundred successes.

International Trade committee  I'm not sure if you're referring to Bill S-211, which came into.... You're talking about perhaps some legislation that ESDC was asked to bring forward.