Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I thank all of the witnesses for their superb presentations.
This is the last day of our study. Throughout our various meetings, I realized that research and development plays a large role in the development of technological innovation. We saw that R and D is often focused on production. People want to produce more, and faster. We may want to replace human beings, and that's fine. There are a lot of improvements in that regard.
However, how can we see to it that this R and D happens upstream from production? In Canada, we have an extraordinary competitive advantage: we have knowledge, experts, space, and high-quality products. Explain to me how all the actors could cooperate so that more R and D happens upstream.
Let's start with Mr. Casey, and then I'd like Mr. Dugré and Mr. Ruest to answer as well.