If there's one thing that's become very obvious to me over the last couple of days, it's that the research community realizes the importance of synergies. I can't believe it; you people all know each other and you all work together. In Manitoba, four aerospace companies that don't necessarily compete have formed groups that work together—they're funding a composite centre they can all benefit from. Obviously, you people get this.
Can we say the same for the federal government? We always talk about the silos. My feeling is that they have been disappearing over the last five or ten years. We have Ag Canada, Health Canada, and Industry Canada talking to each other now on this kind of issue. Are the silos disappearing? That's the first question.
Secondly, the provinces are important partners for us. I'm not sure that I've seen a collaborative effort on this with the provinces. I know they're all doing things separately, but I'm not sure that there has been a lot of collaboration between the federal government and the provinces. I've heard that Quebec was doing well at one of our meetings. Is that something you would know? Is there a province we should emulate in its collaboration with the federal government?