Having an IP culture is a fundamental prerequisite for the commercialization phase of it. I do believe that Canada needs to do more, but it's not necessarily educating in the start-up world. In the science start-up world that I deal with, the majority of our companies come to MaRS with their patent strategies and IP already in place. I think the issue exists in our general business community, which doesn't actually have that culture of business R and D and the ability to protect and do what they need to do inside businesses that might not have started based on technology and science.
On November 14th, 2023. See this statement in context.