Finance committee  Sure. Certainly when we deal with companies on the investment side, that's exactly it: the investors want to see what you're doing to protect yourselves and build for the future. It's a chess game. They want to see what you're doing now and what you're going to be doing 10 years

Finance committee  That's right. That was the estimate, based on the numbers in the submission, for companies interested in applying for a first patent, with $25,000 suggested as the maximum cap of the financing that would be going to that company in order to obtain their patent protection.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members. As mentioned, my name is Grant Lynds. I'm the president of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, frequently referred to as IPIC. Thank you for inviting IPIC to present to you our recommendations for budget 2019 and to answer any questi