My comment on this draws from my personal experience of running businesses for over 30 years. For small businesses the biggest issue is the commercialization and productization. That is where CICP could play a tremendous role in being the early customer of some of the new innovations in our own country. That would be hugely helpful. We don't lack ideas or money, but often the commercialization process is shaky. By the time we get to market it's way too late and other people have gone there. The CICP and OSNI, through the acquisition process and having government become the smart early customer, will help small businesses grow.
On October 18th, 2011. See this statement in context.