Finance committee  We were trying to put across the fact that the invest in Canada hub is a good thing. It's exactly right. We should be working with the existing economic development agencies and structures already in place. They are trying to do the best they can to build those clusters in the lo

Finance committee  That would be more of a question for some of my colleagues who work on some of the other areas, for instance, around green technology and on some of those really exciting elements that are coming through. Vancouver has some distinct qualities in various sectors that we would wa

Finance committee  For companies like those that are at the cutting edge of the technology that they're developing and creating, the investment attraction part of it and having a Canada-wide focus on how to attract those international investors are quite important because we're obviously globally c

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Chairman. I'm pleased to be here today on behalf of the Vancouver Economic Commission and our CEO, Ian McKay. He sends his direct apologies, but the Prime Minister is in Vancouver today and he's hosting him at some events, so I'm here on his behalf. The Van