Harold Albrecht at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On June 19th, 2012. See this statement in context.

June 19th, 2012 / 9:40 a.m.

Conservative

Harold Albrecht Conservative Kitchener—Conestoga, ON

Do I have another minute or two?

I'll just go on to Mr. Annan, then, with regard to Mitacs.

You indicated that your partnerships have grown. I think you said you went from 18 in 2007 to 2,000 in 2012. That's an amazing record of growth. Have you seen a corresponding increase in the number of IP applications, and then, more importantly, in actual examples of commercialization?

I know that's probably going to follow the growth of your partnerships by a few years, but are you seeing the corresponding movement as well?

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