Thank you very much.
I would first like to expand on what the chair said. I think it is very important for our decisions to be based on facts and not on government proposals. The minister was very clear on that. Those were proposals. He wanted feedback from Canadians. We received feedback until October 2. This week, and even today, he made several announcements to address the gaps in his proposals. I think that enables us to make evidence-based decisions, and that is important for business people, especially small business owners, who want to have some sort of stability before they make decisions.
I would like to turn to you, Ms. Maheu. I want to thank you very much, as well as your colleague Ms. Rayner. As I have worked in the private sector, I know that 3M Company Canada is a business that does a lot of research and makes a great deal of investment in Canada. So thank you very much.
As for the patent box—and this may be an intellectual discussion—how does it work, especially with multinationals? Does it yield investment results in a target country like Canada? Does it work really well? Based on your experience in the United Kingdom, where there are patent boxes, can you talk to us about the way to ensure that investments will be made in the target country?