Natural Resources committee  I can take that question. As I mentioned in my opening statement, we work with several partners to develop projects. Some projects have fewer partners; in others we are a very small player. Sometimes we can be 5% or even less of the project. We work with the private sector, othe

Natural Resources committee  I won't go into all of the details, but we have different mitigation measures to see how we can recover those funds, and the success that we've had so far, as I mentioned, over the last few years shows that this works. Also, it's important that we do follow up closely on those pr

Natural Resources committee  Do you want me to continue?

Natural Resources committee  I can talk about CED. For sure, we have general, overall priorities that are given by our minister, but it's important to remember that I have 11 regional offices in various regions and there are different priorities. For Natural Resources, mining will be the priority of the Abit

Natural Resources committee  We can certainly provide those criteria. All projects are assessed against a variety of criteria—

Natural Resources committee  Yes, this is a situation that we are looking at. We are looking to Global Affairs Canada to assess the criteria for some of the projects to ensure that we are respecting the Canada-U.S. relationship. That is part of the criteria for selecting and assessing projects. On the other

Natural Resources committee  As I mentioned earlier, we still support a lot of projects in the forestry industry sector. Global Affairs Canada's role is to make certain recommendations based on its expertise. For our part, at Canada Economic Development, we take into consideration the recommendations made t

Natural Resources committee  No, it is not. We have approved many projects involving the forestry industry over the past year. Since 2015, we have already supported more than $72 million in forest industry projects. There are different criteria to consider when we approve such projects. In the past year, w

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd also like to thank the members of the committee. My name is Marie-Claude Petit, vice-president of Operations at Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions. From Montreal I'd like to thank the first nations who have used and occupied this land for m