Based on the comments gathered from the members of the Conseil de l'innovation du Québec and during our consultations, I can say that there is a consensus against this kind of approach in Quebec. I assume that it would be the same across the country. We need to focus even more on businesses, on the strengths and sectors in which we have the capacity to be world-class players. My colleague from the Council of Canadian Innovators clearly illustrated the importance of supporting technological champions, innovative champions, who are capable of creating an enormous amount of wealth. That said, for the Chief Innovation Officer of Quebec, there still needs to be a component supporting exploration. We can never guess or predict which sectors will be the most strategic or suddenly start to grow exponentially. Sometimes, what creates tomorrow's wealth can be surprising. We need to reserve capacity and resources to explore and support other businesses, particularly in regions where they can develop wealth that will be reinvested locally.
