That's a fantastic question.
I think that we would highlight the specific pieces as follows: First, it's a partner-based research model, which means that the company coming in the door—or potentially the Canadian Armed Forces coming in the door—has a specific problem being responded to by our research centres. That, at the end of the day, is core to a college applied research system, and it changes what that is geared towards. Curiosity in research is extremely important, and if somebody has a problem, so is being able to respond to that directly.
The second point is that intellectual property remains with the partner. At this point, as an academic institution, we're not necessarily geared towards commercializing the IP itself. That stays with the firm that had the business case, that had the idea. They wanted to move forward with this and being able to empower that, and 99% of our partners are Canadian firms. Ensuring that Canadian firms are empowered with their IP and going forward for future investment and scaling are essential points, as is making sure that they are able to commercialize effectively.
The last one is the speed. This is all based on models that are able to turn around. Eighty per cent of the projects are done within a year, and that aligns, from what we understand from our business partners, with their business cycles in a way that responds to what are pressing needs, to develop and innovate products in a way that's needed. We think this maps particularly well on the conversations about what the Canadian Armed Forces may be needing, and I'd highlight remarks from Vice-Admiral Topshee—I think he was on the Curse of Politics last year—in which he highlighted that some of the clearest innovations they were seeing within the forces were examples in which repurposed technology, which included things like target drones being repurposed to accomplish different services, would then allow a greater capacity. That's exactly the kind of thing that the college applied research system constantly does and helps firms walk through, and we think it then plays a really key and vital role within this.