I will be repeating myself, but I will be happy to do that. Patents are a tool of business. What I see the role of CIC as.... I don't know exactly what they will be mandated to do, but if you have a sort of cross-government, cross-funding program you have an opportunity to level-set the playing field across Canada to get the message out that IP is not just about the legal protection or the technology; it's actually about the business piece.
Every patent agent and every patent lawyer knows that, but it isn't their job to go and do that. They will tell their client, you need to be concerned about these things, but ultimately the client has to manage things like their focus on the technology. They have to pay the bills at the end of the day, so you want to get those messages out.
You also want to be able to facilitate finding that kind of business advice so that entrepreneurs don't just call up and say that you need to go get an IP strategy, but say that here is someone or here is some expertise relevant to your field that will help you see yourself in that future state.