Thank you.
Thank you to both of the witnesses here before us, today.
I would like to follow up on that conversation with Mr. Schwanen and talk about Canada's record in IP development, why countries like the United States are far ahead of us, and whether it has something to do with the culture of the private sector.
In our last meeting, we had, before us, Robert Asselin from the Business Council of Canada—I think that's what his name was. He put forward the idea of Canada investigating DARPA-like models, DARPA being the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in the United States. This involves government and private sector getting together and focusing on certain areas. In Canada, we have areas in which we are leaders: AI, quantum and biotech.
Is this a model the C.D. Howe Institute thinks might be a good one in Canada?