Thank you Madam Chair.
To follow up, Dr. Beaudet, you mentioned expertise. As you know, before I was the PS to health, I was the PS to industry, and one of the biggest complaints I got was that there's not enough real-world experience. Government makes these programs and regulations without enough input from the private sector. You mentioned that this sector is huge in Canada. Occasionally, government, though well meaning, is sometimes not very practical in promoting things like innovation, commercialization, and applied research.
That's what we want to do as a country. We want to create good quality jobs; we want to stimulate the economy. You mentioned we were given a D. So there are some things that we need to do better. Internationally and in Canada, these types of appointments are nothing new. We talked about the health research board in Ireland and what they've done. If we look at the amount of research and development that Ireland has seen over the last 20 years.... Dr. Prigent, you mentioned that Australia, the United States, and the U.K. all have private representation. In Canada, even four provinces have the private sector involved.
So my question to you, Dr. Beaudet, is what has been the experience in these countries around the world? Are these countries prisoner to the private sector agenda? How are they finding this type of expertise to have on their agencies?