The life science sector is important. If we haven't actually drawn that learning from the pandemic, I don't know what is important to take from it.
I don't represent a multinational. I'm a homegrown pharmaceutical company. We don't have a lot of those. As Dr. Grover was just saying, in the U.K. they get some benefits from the industry despite having low prices. They have a homegrown company. AstraZeneca is from there. It's a multinational that is homegrown in the U.K. What is the equivalent in Canada? There is none. That's the point: We're one of them.
Mr. Van Bynen had a very good example a moment ago in his question when he said, well, we are providing a lot of money in that sector. That is true. We're being helped in terms of income tax credits and in all kinds of areas, but we cannot sell. We are having a hard time getting reimbursed by the government. It's like supporting an industry manufacturing two-by-fours when you don't want the two-by-fours to be sold in your territory. That's the way I feel as a Quebec homegrown pharmaceutical company.
Yes, you need to continue to nurture and put money where it can have an impact, but quite frankly, I don't need that much money. I would like to have access to the Canadian market, just as I have access to the U.S. market and access to the EU market. What I'm telling you is that I'm very proud of being here. The model we have here in Quebec is that a lot of the research comes from the local university. We've made deals with them. We catalyze, in a way, their Canadian—