The leverage under the cluster is 3:1, so it's industry putting up $5 million, and then government putting up $15 million. The majority of that is from Ag Canada, but there is a small amount of other government funding.
In terms of how we leverage it further, I think it's very important to point out that in the beef industry it's cash on the table. We count no incoming contributions, or any of those things, and there are significant amounts in there. It's just easier from an accounting standpoint for us.
But, obviously, that specific program is underneath, and those researchers have much larger programs so they're getting investments from all of the other provinces. It's those types of things.
In terms of how we allocate the research, the clusters and the process and some of the issues that we saw absolutely revolutionized how we approached research. Previously we'd look at programs on an annual basis; we'd fund some proposals, and there we would go. What happened is that we weren't looking at a portfolio of research, so it was often the trend of the day that was addressed to the greatest extent. However, that's where you see the departure of research, because if food safety wasn't the highest priority, it didn't get money that year. That sent a signal to government that we weren't interested—and that's very much not the case.
We've made strategic allocations. Basically, we have beef quality and food safety getting a portion of investment. For feeds and forages, animal health and welfare, we've tried to identify very clear outcomes over the five years and develop priorities underneath. The exciting part about that is we're also working with the other funders to ensure that their programs are addressing the ones that the cluster isn't.