Mr. Patrick Leblond at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On June 8th, 2020. See this statement in context.

June 8th, 2020 / 12:55 p.m.

Associate Professor, Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, As an Individual

Patrick Leblond

I mean, this is a broader debate, one for which I'm not sure we have a lot of time. It takes us outside today's meeting, in a way.

One issue, for instance, is government funding for R and D. When governments give funding for companies, in terms of tax credits or other things, to develop R and D and patents, should governments own a share of those patents? Should they own a share of those companies and maybe have some kind of say on what actually happens?

This is not so much about the Investment Canada Act. This is really about a different approach to securing at least government money. If it's private money, then we have to—

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