In our first panel, Mr. Saxton asked some questions about ensuring that we focus health research dollars in a way so as to try to not create so many different pots of funds but ensure these groups collaborate. One of the concerns some people may raise is we fund a lot through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the government should focus on funnelling money there.
In terms of funding commercialization, though, that's perhaps not the best vehicle. That's why we have things like the Networks of Centres of Excellence. It does lead to the question of ensuring that we're not just funding a thousand different pots and not actually getting commercialization or value for dollar, or the researchers who are working are not accessing enough funds to commercialize their research.
Is the Networks of Centres of Excellence the model for doing that? What's the best way for the government to—