It's a tough climate for Canadians to constantly hear that our capital markets are as small as they are. Again, politically it's difficult for us to say we need those international dollars. Does that allow the technology to escape the country?
The VC marketplace is only one focused element where our companies are desperately trying to establish relationships. One of the things we've undertaken is to establish what we call a VC table between us and our American counterparts, so we can frame more integrated relationships with the American VC community. They certainly have deeper pockets, but they also have a deeper knowledge base when it comes to investing in our particular sector.
That table of basic introductions, in a fundamental way.... It's one of the first times we've seen that happen in our community, which is ironic, 25 years after the technology was started. Again, that's a long-term relationship-building exercise that will be intrinsic to one element of funding for the industry's life cycle of development.