Mr. Speaker, in other countries, including Israel, if a company has been subsidized by the government for the research and development of its intellectual property, when that company is purported to be sold or the IP is transferred out of the country, the company is required to send a payment back to the government that is a multiple of the subsidy it received. That money then provides additional research and development dollars that can be reinvested in new research and development.
I think that is a model the government should consider. If it does not want to do the multiple, it should at least require that dollar for dollar be repaid to the Canadian taxpayer to be reinvested in research and development to develop intellectual property that remains in this country.