Thank you very much for that, and I'm glad that you enjoyed visiting with Minister Joly. It was really great to have you here.
I think, as you're hearing, that there's a common theme, which is that one of our biggest challenges is a lack of risk funding that can move these discoveries from the laboratory. These are all very early-stage discoveries, so we need to de-risk them significantly in order to move them forward.
As you've heard from my colleague from the University of Ottawa as well, a big challenge is a lack of non-dilutive funding to move these discoveries towards commercialization. If we find a solution to that—and there are great models out there to follow, so we don't have to reinvent the wheel here—I'm confident that we will be able to move the needle in this area very significantly, to the benefit of all Canadians.
