Finance committee  Good morning, everyone. I am Peter Fragiskatos, from London, Ontario. It's great to be in your province and city this morning. I'm a member of the Liberal Party, as well. I sit on the governing side.

Finance committee  I appreciate it. I don't mean to cut you off, but I have limited time. Perhaps you can anticipate my concern. It's not even a concern. Really, it's more of a question. I do see great prospects and potential in 5G, and I think it certainly would help us become very competitive, b

Finance committee  I just don't want a situation where we build it, but it won't work, if you know where I'm coming from. That's not to say that I don't sympathize, certainly, with your emphasis on new technology. Look at where we were 20 years ago and look where we are now in terms of all the tech

Finance committee  Thank you very much to all the witnesses. Mr. Ghiz, you talked about 5G technology. Earlier this morning we were speaking about Internet connectivity and considering it as critical infrastructure that is central to this country's future, particularly its economy and certainly it

Finance committee  Good morning. I'm Peter Fragiskatos, a member of Parliament from London, Ontario, the 11th largest city in Canada, in case you didn't know. It's my first time in P.E.I., so thank you very much for hosting us.

Finance committee  I am looking here at the Canadian Trucking Alliance's prediction of a shortage of as many as 48,000 drivers in Canada by 2024. My question is not to take anything away from what you've put on the table today. I think it's a very serious problem we're facing right now, one that w

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I have about a minute and a half left, and I'm going to put a question to the chamber. Our committee recently heard from Startup Canada, which, as you know, is an organization that is encouraging entrepreneurship in this country. I followed up with a questi

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for their excellent presentations. As a first-time visitor to P.E.I., not just Charlottetown, I have to say it's a great way to begin the week. My question goes to Mr. Schut. We spoke even before the meeting, and I sympathize ve

Finance committee  Good morning, everyone. I am Peter Fragiskatos, from London, Ontario. I have had the chance to meet some of you already, but to those I haven't met, thank you very much for being here. I am very much looking forward to your presentations.

Finance committee  The capability aspect, I think, is really important. We forget that these organizations have found a way to thrive in the most difficult of circumstances. I mentioned the foreign affairs committee. We went, as I think you know, to Colombia and to Guatemala. We saw women's organiz

Finance committee  We have four years, and then we have to prove it again. I asked the question because your brief calls on the federal government to invest further in AI, and robotics specifically, so I think it makes sense to put it on the table.

Finance committee  I appreciate that. To the Nobel Women's Initiative, I know very well the study you talked about, the study that the foreign affairs committee put forward, because I had the honour of serving on that committee at that time. I was quite interested in everything you had to say, p

Finance committee  I hate to interrupt you, but I have only a couple of minutes left. I want to ask you specifically.... In your brief, you call for funding to flow directly to women's organizations. Inevitably, you'll hear concerns about accountability and how we can ensure that the monies that f

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for—

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for their presentations. My first question goes to CMC Microsystems. Mr. Harling, we've heard twice this week—granted, from colleges—on AI and where we're going as a society. I think the concerns are more widespread than what col