You're very right. The large companies are still investing heavily in research and development expenditures. It's a great investment, a great multiplier for Canada's economy. Finance Canada came out with a very conservative return: for every dollar the government spends or supports in R and D through its credits, it gets $1.10 back to the government, because that money is not just spent directly within the company. The companies themselves spend it on other companies, they outsource it, they spend it on universities and research institutes. It has a multiplier effect, creating a broader economy.
It's a multiplier that we've seen out there. There are other multipliers. Government's is 1.1, but we've seen that the University of Manitoba's is about 1.6 to 1.9. You're seeing, with a lot of other companies, that it's core to them. They're based on an R and D infrastructure; they innovate. They don't just achieve one product and say they're done. As Hicham was saying, it's a race without a finish. Companies are always innovating and investing.
That's the type of economy in companies that we're looking for, and that's the success we're seeing within our larger companies.