I think the intent was to put the management of IP into departmental hands, where we felt the interests of departments were aligned with managing it well. As we know, there was a policy in place that called for tracking in relation to IP in a way that wasn't done, and the Auditor General's useful report pointed that out. That's something we're responding to now. Our view is that with adjustments to the reporting we can very much improve the way we're managing this activity and this resource.
On November 16th, 2009. See this statement in context.