Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I welcome our friends, the Ambassador and the Consul General from the Netherlands. You heard Mr. Speaker say "Mrs. Groenewegen," so there is one good name down here on the floor of the House.

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My questions today are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, in keeping with my Member's statement, Mr. Speaker. The Minister gave a good briefing on the BDIC business program and I thank him for that. One of the changes was to switch the focus to less developed communities and make no direct contributions available to level I communities. I would like to ask the

Minister why this was an action and decision that was taken by this program. Thank you.