ideation from our industry experts, so that's, uh, that's showing some, uh, some signs of, uh, of opportunity, cocreating with clients. Sometimes we actually cocreate and acquire the IP from our clients. Sometimes we actually just cocreate and jointly own it and everything in it between. That's where a lot of our best IPs actually came from. And so we, uh, we're doing that across, uh, the global CGI now. And then as I mentioned in the, uh, opening remarks, uh, MNA, uh, is, is an area where we're gonna be looking at, um, uh, IP services and solutions firms, uh, not just software only but services and solutions firms. Uh, we're opening the, uh, the aperture to more of that and our MNA. So, uh, you know, early returns are, are coming, and, uh, we're, we're bullish on the future. Great. And then just the one final one from me, just around maybe more quarterly matters here, either you or Francois. Could you talk about… you mentioned client contract adjustments mainly in the UK and Australia. You mentioned a little bit in Scandinavia, but just, you know, obviously, this is always sort of a inaudible, but where we are in the process of sort of running off, um, maybe those adjustments for those engagements and ramping other stuff. Thanks. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, thanks, I'll, I'll take it, uh, Paul. So, so for, for UK, clearly, it was a, you know, a one… a nonrecurring adjustment that, uh, had an impact on, on their, uh, on their growth and contribution. So, so that's behind us, and, and so you can expect, uh, to, to, to have a margin and, and the revenue picking up in the next, uh, few quarters in for UK. And, and same thing for, for, uh, in, in the, uh, Scandinavia, we, we, we have some, some, you know, operational issue that we need to resolve in, in Scandinavia, but we had also nonrecurring, uh, one-time adjustment that, uh, uh, are, uh, behind us and, uh, expecting that, uh, also there we'll see some, some growth in the contribution. Perfect. Thank you. It's our next call. The next question comes from Richard C. from National Bank Financial. Please go ahead. Hello. Can you hear me? crosstalk Yeah, we can hear you now, Richard? <laugh> Uh, just, uh, wanted to get a bit of perspective in terms of the, the operating level of a, of a business, you know, compared to pre-pandemic. Like, are utilization rates, um, kind of back to where they've been? Like, I'm try- trying to get a bit of understanding on that. Yeah, um, actually, our utilization rates are a little bit stronger than they were, uh, pre-pandemic. Uh, and, and part of that is that, uh, the strong demand, uh, side that we see, but also the opportunity we took, uh, right at the beginning of the, uh, pandemic to take the actions that we felt necessary. So, uh, we, we measure the utilization on a weekly basis. Uh, obviously not just with reports but in a call that I have with all the operating leaders. So, uh, we're very focused on it, and, and I'm pleased to, to tell you that it's, uh, it's actually a little bit above where we were pre-pandemic. Okay. And then, um, obviously, you're in pretty constant contact with your accounts and clients. What are they saying about IT budgets, um, going into 2022, you know, particularly, you know, how-… um, going into 2022, you know, particularly, you know, how much higher they are or lower they are, and kind of areas of priorities where they wanna spend. Yeah, it's a, it's a good question. Obviously. Uh, everybody's got, uh, slightly different, uh, planning periods. But, uh, in general, uh, in, in areas like financial services, we see, uh, those budgets continuing to, to go up. And, and across the board, the focus is on both, uh, growing their revenue, but, and using technology to help do that. And, uh, and, and some client facing, uh, solutions in, in their, uh, in their IT budgets, but also focused on that operational efficiency. Uh, we hear our clients t- talking about, they have, uh, they're dealing with, uh, the current, uh, economic, uh, uh, pricing pressures and, and looking to make sure that they stay competitive through operational efficiencies. Technology, as you know, plays on both sides. It plays on the, uh, on the upside, on the revenue side, but technology also plays on the, uh, operational efficiencies. So we, we see a pretty strong environment for, uh, for IT. And, uh, I've been talking for a while, Richard, this, uh, you know, this wasn't just pent up demand that we saw, uh, coming out of the, the pandemic. It's, it's, it's something we think is sustainable from an IT perspective. Okay. And just one last quick one for me. Uh, you know, on the acquisition side, uh, you talked about opening up the aperture for technology. Historically, uh, you guys have been more sort of value conscious. And so when you look at, you know, technology type deals, no doubt the, uh, evaluations are certainly a bit more robust, uh, despite maybe the pullback here at the beginning of the year. So, how, how do you look at sort of the relative valuation you're kind of willing to pay for these? And maybe give us a bit of perspective o- on that. Yeah. May- maybe I'll, I'll start, and then I'll ask, uh, Francois to, uh, to continue. Just to, to remind you, uh, we are looking to make these acquisitions accretive. And so, uh, we're, we're very conscious of not, uh, overpaying. Having said that, if the value is there, we're willing to pay higher multiples. So I don't know if Francois if- Yeah. Uh, and, and you know, where we're, to some point conservative in our acquisition where, you know, we, when we're building our return, we're building it a lot of times with, with cost energies, you know, for sure in IP, we need to, to, to be convinced that we will have revenue synergies and, and so meaning, uh, expecting, uh, rev- uh, a lot more revenue increase coming from, from these, uh, acquisition. And, and we have now the channel across the world to do what… So, so for sure, what we are looking at is IP that, uh, can be sold across the world, uh, without, no, too much changes. And, and so for sure, you know, it will be valued a bit more, but we naturally with the return that we think we can enable, we don't have any problem to, to pay, uh, to pay the, the right price. Okay, great. Thanks a lot. Your next question comes from Paul Trevor from RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Thanks very much, and good morning. crosstalk. I just wanna touch on, uh, you know, CGIs growth relative to, to the market in, in peers. And now maybe this is in an apples to apples comparison, um, but some of your peers have reported quite strong growth recently. I just