Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all of you for being here. What a great discussion we're having this morning. I always wish we had more time.
In the interests of time, I want to zero in on the intellectual property management program that was discontinued in 2009 because the previous government, I think rightly, looked at that as something that was going into a lot of overhead without results, and possibly the measurables weren't in place as effectively as they could have been.
If we look at that and ask what types of measurables.... Previously, the tech transfer officers were trying to get research dollars into the universities. That was their goal, so they only dealt with businesses with lots of money to give to the universities versus small businesses or start-ups, or businesses with risk attached to them.
Mr. Cubitt, looking at the measurables, the number of patents released or the number of licensing dollars that businesses create as measurables, how could we pivot the IPM program to be more effective if we looked at reintroducing money into that stream?