I have a couple of comments on that. Certainly, you mentioned a coordination effort, and we do believe that is part of the issue. There's also the issue of the programs that fund early-stage research and commercialization activities. They do not account for “go to market”. There are not allocations. They fund only the research and development component. There is not the component to educate people on getting it to market and on new market access. Innovation is only innovation when you have clients and intellectual property.
So...consideration of reviewing some of the programs or having parameters within the programs, for example the NSERC engage grant or other granting councils that exist. There are fantastic programs across Canada already, but perhaps if we really want to see the effort and the focus on the technology transfer, we need to have a component of allowing companies to access that. Otherwise, we're really not going to get away from companies going to the United States, because they're going to go where their investors are. And if they can get investors to get it to market in the United States, and we can't control that patent or that intellectual property, then inevitably it's going to continue to happen. Until we have a solution on that, it may prove to be something we won't be able to overcome.
We believe having a coordinated effort is very important—we do not think that is insurmountable—and having some type of IP strategy that does protect...D2L, for example, talking about issues in the States. There are things we can do within Canada. Also, when there are IP lawsuits that occur, many countries fight the battle in the country of origin. We don't have protection areas like that, for example.
There are a number of things we can do from a Canadian perspective in terms of collaboration, education, and “go to market” that could solve a number of the issues we're currently having and drive the outcomes that we anticipate you want to see as a result of this exercise.