Thank you for your question, Mr. Deltell. I appreciate your giving me the opportunity to provide a real-life example.
Quebec introduced the Joint Research Program on Sustainable Development of the Mining Sector. It created dedicated funding for CSMs. The program has a leverage of 1:10, which is excellent. In other words, a company needs to contribute just 10%, and it can be in‑kind, which makes things a whole lot easier.
There isn't anything similar at the federal level. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has done a lot to improve partnership grant programs. For instance, it offers a 2:1 leverage through the alliance grant for small and medium-sized businesses.
The 1:10 leverage becomes a lot more attractive to companies with limited resources, like critical and strategic metal developers.