Mr. Chair, thank you.
Mr. Martin makes some good points. In that an Irishman named Martin founded the SPCA, I wonder if Mr. Martin is getting his Irish up a bit today.
I don't know if it's permissible to ask him a question, but in the interests of understanding this and seeing why it's important, we heard from a number of witnesses that protecting proprietary information, protecting competitive advantages for people who seek government funding, is paramount for many of the groups we speak of. With your permission, Mr. Chair—it's your ruling—I would like to hear from Mr. Martin what protection there may be remaining to make sure someone who's in the innovation field isn't disadvantaged on a world scale by having an ATI application expose some of his trade secrets or staffing levels. These things are very important to our economy and our well-being.
I don't know if that's permissible.