We think, again, the tax system is the proper mechanism to implement research and development and to guarantee implementation. We don't think there exists in Canada at this point a proper mechanism, even when there is a fund that is used once in a while, and I think last year $1.3 million was used in the fund to support new technology. We consider, number one, that there has been rhetoric about innovation going around for the last ten years, but there are very few tools in place to allow that innovation to happen. That mechanism is one of them.
Secondly, we believe in a green industrial policy. I mentioned earlier that we think there is a lot of opportunity, but that implies research and development. That implies a new way of thinking about all the opportunities we have around. Then we think a green framework that will allow for proper development of the industry also has to be in place.
We also believe that at this point in time there is not enough control in the education system of the use of the knowledge developed in our universities. In many cases, universities develop knowledge, professors develop knowledge, and I think, as you know, often that knowledge is opening a company someplace else and somebody else is making money.
We also believe that the opportunities companies have to work in partnership with universities, with educational institutions, should be monitored and controlled to make sure that the subsidies governments are putting into educational institutions and the subsidies that are, at the end of the day, transmitting this new knowledge stay in Canada.
Those are three measures that I can think of quickly in terms of research and development.