Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Perhaps to continue on that line, Dr. Jaffray, you mentioned that the system isn't really designed to innovate, and perhaps you and Dr. Lehoux could take a crack at this question.
It seems in this country there's a disconnect. We have academia and then we have industry. In the American system quite often, and I guess you spent some time down there, you can be an academic for half the day and then you can go work with industry.
We've heard of some of the steps we're taking forward, such as MaRS. In other places in the world, there are the Fraunhofer institutes. I was wondering if you could maybe give us an idea of why there seems to be this disconnect, and if maybe you see some practical solutions that could come from the government.
I know that where I went to school, Waterloo, there were co-op programs. You got kids out at an early stage working and interacting with industry right away.
Could you elaborate on why you think we don't have that connection in the country?
Dr. Jaffray, do you want to start, and then Dr. Lehoux?