Industry committee  I would agree. I think a patent defence fund would be difficult. I think it's something worth looking into. The challenges and a deterrent would probably be one of the strongest pieces to it, but there would be a lot to work through. So I don't think it's an easy thing that can b

Industry committee  Certainly. I think when you look at where research and development is done in the private sector and where the leading companies in Canada have been on the R and D front—the Nortels, the BlackBerries, and the really large companies that have come down—if we want to increase the n

Industry committee  The government provides a significant amount of funding, but much of it is tied to very specific niche areas. I think the review going on at ISED right now or on Innovate Canada will be an important exercise, because we found 70-some-odd programs, I believe, that help start-ups a

Industry committee  I would say it depends on the outcome of Innovate Canada. We're certainly encouraged by the direction and the desires expressed, but, it's a reorganization of—

Industry committee  I think you'd measure the success in the end by the number of large companies that are produced in Canada. At Communitech our reach or stretch goals for our board are to create fifteen $100-million companies in the Toronto-Waterloo corridor by the end of 2025. It's not going to b

Industry committee  I think the number one and the easiest thing to do is to increase education for earlier-stage companies across the country, whether in Atlantic Canada or elsewhere. I think Communitech has been fortunate to have Jim Hinton, who has helped us do that with our companies, but I do

Industry committee  Thank you to the standing committee for this opportunity. For those who aren't aware, Communitech is a public-private innovation hub in the Waterloo region with more than 1,000 members. We work with tech companies of all sizes, from the earliest stage start-up to global multinat