It's interesting that a lot of our innovators are actually spinoffs from universities. One is a great company out of the Netherlands that was mapping oyster beds. It had a university solution to do that and it recognized the opportunity for surveillance of critical underwater infrastructure. That company grew under the DIANA program and signed a contract with the Dutch navy. As I said, the innovators are doing very well.
We've had discussions, again, here in Canada about how we leverage the research from the different labs or facilities that exist within the universities here. As I said, a consortium of three universities in Ontario had great quantum test facilities that would support the program. We do an analysis, trying to understand if we have the right test facilities in the right geographical locations across the alliance: Where are our gaps? Where can we fill those gaps? Then we look to fill them.
Something I didn't realize when I came into the job was that the innovation ecosystem within Canada is very vibrant. I just didn't realize the significant amount of talent within Canada.
Here in Halifax, we've had some initial meetings with Dalhousie University and Saint Mary's University. Again, it's a small office, and we're still getting our footprint within the region, but we're making progress there.
