International Trade committee  I believe we do, Madam Chair.

International Trade committee  Thank you so much, Madam Chair, members of the committee and my colleagues from industry. It's a great honour to be here to talk about how we may be able to take part and inform the discussion on Canada's export of environmental and clean technologies on goods and services. I'l

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Dhaliwal. From a software perspective, we're a people-based business so talent is one of our biggest drivers. If I may speak openly and honestly, Toronto is a lovely city, but its growth in software and talent has ensured—in a good way, I think, for the federation

International Trade committee  I think I'd echo what Travis was saying in terms of seeing the trade commissioners already taking the pulse for us in terms of what we're hearing from our U.S. colleagues and the U.S. market. At this present time, at least from a software perspective, I think the requirement is

International Trade committee  I would say a couple of things. One is to have a bit more holistic look from inside the government as we engage with companies, again focusing on more scale-up. Can the hand of government come in broadly to help our companies that are starting to scale up to move internationally?

International Trade committee  First would be a competitive benchmark from government, policy to policy. I know it's ever-evolving, but especially if we look at post-COVID, apart from stimulus, what are each of the countries doing to help their companies in the sector grow? That's one benchmark. The second be

International Trade committee  A strategic plan that looks at a time frame of two to three years is needed if our internal goal is to create jobs within the sectors, and then it's literally asking the sector what it needs to succeed and ensuring we do it. Thank you.

International Trade committee  Yes, I think it's twofold. One would be that I think there is extra financing available, but ultimately they are a bank. I think, moving forward, what would be a great discourse is the flexibility that BDC and EDC should offer that other traditional commercial banks wouldn't. I t

International Trade committee  Just to add to what Travis said, I think one of the biggest competitive advantages we have is that a majority of the provinces have hydroelectricity. I think it's a huge driver for electrification. I know that's not part of the whole federation but the provinces that are blessed

International Trade committee  Maybe I'll start off. It's a great question. I'd say, from the space we look at—our vantage point—it's data analytics and AI. I know that many folks talk about these, but they interplay pretty much seamlessly in all sectors. Whether you're in forestry or in mining, it becomes ve

International Trade committee  On EDC-BDC, absolutely, we have been beneficiaries of IRAP. Personally and professionally, we're huge proponents of IRAP. There are two things. I know the current budget seems to have given IRAP far more runway, from going all the way up to $10 million for scale-up companies. T

International Trade committee  That's a great question. Absolutely, the grid is built. One of the funny things about the electricity sector, and that's why it's ripe for innovation, is that it hasn't really changed much in the last 100 years. The poles and wires that you see going into buildings and going abo

International Trade committee  I don't know if my colleagues would agree, but I think it's the biggest expenditure, because IP is such a tough game. It protects your company in terms of the ability to get money because you have a patent, but the real thing is that it's about enforceability and defensibility of

International Trade committee  Yes. If I may, I would say it's great work on agriculture. I do believe in that. We are a huge agricultural economy and the exports are crucial to that. There are also clean-tech ambassadors embedded in certain embassies, and then there are some revolving ones for major ones lik

International Trade committee  We do parts of that, yes.