Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the witnesses for being here.
To the member from Pickering, I hope you'll be able to participate in future discussions on this committee. Some of the issues you discussed haven't come up before, and I think you bring an interesting angle to our discussions here.
Mr. Hopwood, I know you've commented previously on your concerns around the ability and rate of moving from R and D to commercialization within Canada, so I just wanted to welcome you to expand on that in terms of what you see as the major barriers, and also if, other than direct funding, you have any advice in terms of policy tools, fiscal measures, frameworks, or approaches that government could take to enhance that process. I would welcome both of your comments on that front.