Industry committee  Well, if you're using a BlackBerry, you're safe.

Industry committee  I was just going to say, we'll talk about that afterwards. Of course, I'm here in my capacity as chair of the innovation committee, but I'm also happy to answer your question. Yes, security will be paramount in the future. Not to toot RIM's own horn, but we do have an application called Protect Me that's available in the app world, so that if you do lose your BlackBerry, you can remotely wipe your device that has those credentials.

Industry committee  There's a great example, and Mr. Braid has been very helpful in this matter. This doesn't apply only to RIM, but to a lot of small start-up tech companies in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. We heard earlier that security is paramount in terms of e-commerce. It's a little-known agreement, but Canada is a signatory to the Wassenaar Arrangement.

Industry committee  Well, they're still in the process of doing the rollout and it's like a field of dreams. If you build it, they will come. When you put those types of resources into building the core infrastructure, then you get the follow on and you get the tertiary benefits and then you get the spinoff benefits.

Industry committee  One of the hats I wear at RIM, in addition to government relations, is managing the SR and ED team within RIM. I have quite strong views on this. In the Jenkins report, in addition to focusing on the labour component only, it also suggested raising the cap a little. It makes things less complicated.

Industry committee  It does matter, but if a process is put in place that simplifies the filing and administration of SR and ED, business would more than welcome it.

Industry committee  I think one of the greatest examples you referenced was Australia. Its government made a clear decision to do a country-wide rollout of broadband and to support it financially. That was done to provide the critical infrastructure that forms the background of e-commerce and innovative technologies.

Industry committee  Yes, certainly the area of patents is definitely the next step after copyright. Copyright was very important for a number of industries. A lot of people don't realize that software is protected by copyright too, but patents are absolutely essential. I think people are starting to realize this with the recent sale of Nortel's patents for $4.5 billion and the purchase of Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio for $12.5 billion.