International Trade committee  At a local level, we will have focus groups and—

International Trade committee  Absolutely, I think we have the opportunity to showcase our communities around the world. By showcasing them as centres of excellence, as we have at the accelerator in the Communitech Hub and so forth in Waterloo, we know that people will come and be a part of it. Whey want to be

International Trade committee  Absolutely, I can tell you right now. I mentioned this organization of alliance of Canadian cities called Consider Canada's City Alliance, CCCA, that works with Invest in Canada. It has a website and you can see each of those cities across Canada, 12 of them signed up right away.

International Trade committee  We're actually looking at that through comparison to a community called Eindhoven, Holland, which is considered the number one innovative community in the world according to Forbes. They came to visit with us and they believe we have a highly competitive environment in Canada. Th

International Trade committee  In the IT sector, we have 30,000 now and we believe that should grow, because competition and partnership will grow at both ends. I think the biggest issue is how we retain them if we want to try to keep them in a particular community. That's an issue all of our communities are t

International Trade committee  Members of the committee, I am very proud and honoured to be here today, so thank you very much. Canada's technology triangle is an area that is geographically known as Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge and the townships that surround it. It's a unique community that has grown to 550