Well, first of all, the mandate of the NRC is very different from the mandate of universities. Universities are very good at HQP, because they are the products--HQP--of universities and knowledge. NRC is a research organization that is targeting its activity to fit the needs of the industry. By doing that, we collaborate quite a bit with universities. In fact, 500 to 600 of our scientists are adjunct professors in universities all across Canada , and we do that because we like to partner with universities, but our mandate is very different.
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