Mr. Chair, yes, the National Research Council was asked to reorient its activities as a research technology organization, working primarily with partners, primarily private sector, but other public sector organizations as well, to focus on research that is directed towards a specific end, and in that respect take on ambitious projects that maybe private companies wouldn't normally do, looking beyond the short term through the involvement of the resources of the National Research Council to do that.
They've announced projects on, for example, the genomics of wheat, working with a variety of partners kind of longer term, involving the private sector, involving other public sector organizations on a very important issue for food security.
Similarly, they've announced that they're working with a variety of partners on printable electronics, which is a new area of research with great potential application, based on an assessment that there is potential for specifically that industry in Canada.
Those are a couple of examples of the kinds of projects that the new NRC is focusing on.