Yes. Let me start first by saying that in the prosperity of nations, Canada sits about thirteenth. We used to be in the top five; we're now down that low. The Americans remain in the top three all the time. All the other countries that have moved above us in the prosperity of nations are countries typically with a population of less than the province of Ontario. So you don't have to be big to be good. This year Singapore is number one, and I've known the Singapore scene for some time. The big characteristic of these smaller countries is that they actually have a synergy and a collaboration that goes on among government, academia, and industry all the time. They work together; they know they're working together and that they can't win without working together.
The thing that amazes me is that the Americans work together too, and I think it's somewhat for the reason I talked of earlier. When you talk about the universities relying on their alumni, yes, they do. A place like Berkeley will tell you that the amount of money they get on licences is trivial. They can get $100 million from a graduate any time. How is it that they do that? It's because they keep themselves open to their graduates. They've known them for this whole time; they keep connected, so it's a synergy. It's not just what the graduates do; it's what the faculty does to stay there and say, “Can we help you? Is there some way we can help you in your work?”
It's again a synergistic environment that we don't have. I sit in a university where many people don't know what's happened to their graduates.