International Trade committee  Good afternoon. I can answer that. Yes, the number that Ms. Kwan gave was specifically related to just the $600 million clean-tech fund that was given to us in the 2017 budget to exercise on a clean-tech strategy specifically aimed at a stretched risk lens for early-stage commer

International Trade committee  Speaking specifically to the clean-tech practice, we are profitable right now on a cash-on-cash basis as well as on a non-cash basis. We are profitable. We do debt and equity within the fund. Our numbers are not yet finalized—our year-end is March 31—but we are a profitable fun

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  I can table that as well. I don't have that statistic with me.

International Trade committee  Because of banker-customer confidentiality, I don't think I can disclose some of the financial statements of our borrowers. I can certainly provide, on a consolidated basis, some of the statistics you are looking for, but I don't think I can do it at a customer-by-customer level.

International Trade committee  Yes.

Industry committee  I'm going to go back to the consulting question a little bit, because when we survey our manufacturers, access to capital absolutely comes up, but so does the access to talent. I'm not talking about talent as in labour talent; I'm talking about talent in the ability to learn. E

Industry committee  I don't know if you know the statistic, but you're right. Our research department did a survey that did show, in fact, that medium-sized business in Canada are not growing and did shrink a couple of years ago.

Industry committee  Absolutely, yes.

Industry committee  You're absolutely right that in Newfoundland we have a higher market share than in other parts of the country. About a year and a half ago, we embarked on something called an increased reach and visibility program, where we were to look at the market penetration in other market

Industry committee  I can answer for the finance department in the field. It's absolutely true that people have objectives, but they're not bottom-line objectives. We have objectives to do deals. No one would be penalized if deals go the wrong way and don't turn out. It is expected, in fact, and e

Industry committee  It is a tight rope to walk, because if we are too aggressive in the market, then the chartered banks will say, “You're being too aggressive and not being complementary.” If we're not being aggressive enough, then we're not taking enough risk. We always try to walk that balance. T

Industry committee  Maybe in the field that's been said once or twice. Certainly if we've helped grow a company and they're looking for another round, we will try to support that company as well. Don't forget that we also rely on chartered banks to give us referrals. Often a client, an entrepreneu

Industry committee  Thank you. Merci, Mr. Chair and committee members. We're pleased to be back here today to answer your questions. Before we begin, there are two questions that were posed last week that we didn't answer fully. I'd like to take this opportunity to quickly answer those. Mr. Nuttall

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members. It is good to be back for a second round of questions. Before we begin, there were two questions last week that we wanted to answer a little more completely.