We are blessed as a country to have extraordinary capability and talent across the entirety of the ecosystem. When the original decision was made about the three institutes, there were many factors that fed into that. I think it's noteworthy that, with the associates, the CIFAR chairs associated with the overall pan-Canadian AI strategy, there is a preponderance of chairs that exist within B.C. academic institutions with relationships to the overall CIFAR chairs. In fact, I think the province argues—and I haven't checked the numbers myself—that it has the largest number of associate chairs by region, outside of those for whom an institute is actually present. That's super valuable and obviously has created a significant amount of capability, particularly as it relates to applied AI.
Also noteworthy is the fact that the quantum ecosystem in British Columbia is extraordinarily rich, and it includes one of the companies that are participating in the Canadian quantum champions program. This company has been leading the world in many ways in terms of the path toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. I think it's safe to say that it is an enormous contributor.
