Mr. Speaker, last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization released its annual report containing a bleak measure of Canada's international competitiveness.
Patents show our strength at turning our research and development into commercial success and indicate where the new jobs will come from.
Right now Japan, the United States, China, Russia, India, Sweden and Brazil all have better records in terms of patents filed. Canada ranks 30th in the world.
Will the government introduce a competitiveness strategy in its economic update and will it include a measure to improve Canada's record of performance on patents?