International Trade committee  It's the opposite, actually, because the best way to make a successful contribution to economic development is to focus on better control of our goals and objectives. Sacrificing standards and giving up on our objectives in any way means giving up our ability to mobilize stakeholders around exciting projects and objectives that look like they can benefit everyone.

International Trade committee  First of all, we need better oversight. The elements that shape supply chain development, at least in terms of public policies and standards, require very rigorous oversight. In that regard, better support from Export Development Canada, sector by sector, can certainly help improve and enhance each participant's capacity to contribute as much as they can to the chain.

International Trade committee  There's no simple solution. That said, the first thing we need to do is make sure all the players have a better understanding of the situation. A mutual understanding of the issues is the first step in establishing a road map. That road map needs to take a step-by-step approach to controlling the entire supply chain.

International Trade committee  For the most part, yes. That's not to say there haven't been positive initiatives. Unfortunately, in most areas, we still don't have specific objectives with a strategic road map that all stakeholders are on board with. I think that's the biggest impediment to successful participation in major supply chains.

International Trade committee  Well, our main problem is that things are disjointed because we're doing these things, but we're not getting feedback to find out what's working. That's especially true for the emerging IT and AI research sector. We actually just published a study showing that various governments' efforts to support research are basically voided after four or five years because we lose the intellectual property of those patents.

International Trade committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share with you the concerns that have already been raised by the speakers before me. I think it's particularly important to draw your attention to an issue that's often taken for granted in international trade rules.