Industry committee  I have two quick comments. First, I agree about the communication. We have to do more of it. That is precisely one of the reasons that led us, three years ago, to publish our document called Momentum in English and En plein essor in French. A new version of the document is going to come out in October.

Industry committee  There are different ownership patterns across the country in terms of whether it's researcher-owned or institution-owned. But studies are showing that it's less about who owns it and more about the strength of the technology transfer offices to be able to manage that intellectual property effectively, to be able to pursue the relationships with the business community, with the venture capital community, and to actually exploit its full value and ensure that there is the receptor capacity.

Industry committee  Fernand Martin, a researcher at the Université de Montréal, has done a study that he is about to publish. The study shows that the impact of the university contribution to the education of highly qualified people, together with their research activities, adds up to more than $50 billion over the last 20 years.

Industry committee  I would say there are three key benefits that come back to Canadians. The first is in terms of the people who are educated and who become your adaptable, flexible workforce. We have and will show in the momentum report a number of statistics about what it means to have more university-educated graduates who have been trained or educated in a research-enriched environment and what that gives you in terms of your workforce and your contributions to society across all sectors when they come through.

Industry committee  If you compare the situation 10 years ago with today's, you will see that the very significant investments in the last decade have changed our ability to compete internationally. Other countries are always improving their competitiveness. Our GERD to GDP percentage is 1.9%. Countries should have a figure of 3% to be competitive with, say, the top five in the world.