Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  We have a sector approach, and aerospace is obviously one sector where we're very active, as you know. Instead of answering for the CSeries, I might want to draw a parallel with the regional jet story, because it's a very good illustration of what will hopefully happen with the CSeries.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Sure. Merci, Edmée. Well, I have a few reactions. First, I would say that being global is better. We hear a lot of negative stories and we see a lot of negative stories in the papers today, but every day we see great stories at EDC around companies going to Brazil, going to Asia and the like, and having a lot of success.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  We have been active in Canada for years. Our corporation was founded 65 years ago. However, there have always been certain limits in Canada because our mandate is to support foreign trade. That means that we'll support a Canadian business, we will assist it to the extent that it has an export contract, to the extent it is involved in international trade.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Thank you Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the members of the committee for the opportunity to speak with you today. Your study is timely given the challenges currently being faced by Canadian companies across ail sectors. I would like to divide my remarks into two parts. First, I would like to take a moment to briefly describe Export Development Canada and how we work with Canadian companies.