Finance committee  There are certainly a few in British Columbia I can speak to. In the Okanagan Valley there is the innovation tech sector. The provincial government at one time wanted to set the Okanagan Valley as the Silicon Valley of the north, and so they invested some of the provincial resou

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. It's a pleasure to be here. On behalf of our members across rural Canada and our 267 offices, we wanted to tell you a little bit about what we contribute to the Canadian economy. The main objectives of the community futures program are to help ru