Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for a very interesting panel so far.
I want to talk to Dr. Weaver.
You made some interesting statements. One was “innovation is an industrial process”. I know you also just stated that universities have had the same structure in Canada for some time now.
In the U.S. they do things a little differently. There are researchers with IP control, IP rights, things along those lines. There seems to be a different culture down there as far as taking risks are concerned. You mentioned venture capital.
Our government is going down the road to cutting red tape, streamlining things for researchers and industry, but I was wondering what else we could do. I know the government has been very supportive of a project. I think you know about MaRS in Toronto. Is that one of the models we could be focusing on more, like incubators, getting people from different disciplines and academia and industry together? Is that what you're talking about?