Mr. Chair, I've been at Beaverlodge. I had a tour of the entire facility, inside and out. I spent a whole day there. It's an amazing facility.
Obviously I don't have a crystal ball showing the future and I'm not a policy-maker, but I want to see a trend in this department. Partnership is the way to go. There is nothing we can do on our own. Those types of infrastructure cost too much. I can use lots of examples. UPEI is one. If you look at the history of the department, we are on campus at Laval University, in Winnipeg, and in Saskatoon.
That facility is supported by not only the Department of Agriculture. We had the land and we had some facilities, but that is also a partnership within the federal government. We continue to partner with organizations like WED, ACOA, and the regions of Quebec DEV.
Every time there is an opportunity in the sector, we'll link with the department and also with the private sector which, in this case, would mean the community college in Grande Prairie. We've always been very supportive, and I think the trend across this department of research infrastructure is to build partnerships.
Somebody mentioned Guelph. If you go into our facility, one part is provincial; one part is the university; and one part is federal, but you wouldn't notice that if you came through the front doors. I think that's the theme in this department. More and more you'll see those kinds of partnerships, whether in Beaverlodge or anywhere else in the country. I think, however, it is obvious that with the price of technology there definitely need to be partnerships with provinces, other federal departments, colleges, and the private sector.