Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and to our witnesses.
Dr. Crago and Dr. Dodds, thank you for taking time from your faculties. I have the honour of representing constituents of Kelowna—Lake Country, the home of UBC Okanagan and Dr. Deborah Buszard. I had a good conversation with her on Friday. We have about 8,500 students, and the university just continues to grow and bring so much to the community.
I know that your institutions have a great reputation, not only locally but around the world.
Part of budget 2013 is $23 million over the next two years for Canada's international education strategy. Dr. Dodds, you've been working with Minister Fast on that, and I appreciate that.
One of the issues that you talked about, and I know it's a passion with Dr. Buszard at my university and at Okanagan College and throughout Canada, is innovation and commercialization. You talked about the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and we have Mitacs as well, which was in Ottawa last week making some presentations for some recipients of great ideas.
Do you think there are some opportunities for the post-secondary sector to partner with the private sector, and even some European partnerships for innovation and commercialization, for your R and D from your post-secondary campuses?