Science and Research committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Jesse Vincent-Herscovici, the Chief Executive Officer of Axelys, a non-profit organization established by the Government of Quebec whose mandate is to support the entire province by optimizing the transfer of public research findings for stakeholders, particularly through intellectual property.

Science and Research committee  My apologies. I have been booted off of the meeting a couple of times. Hopefully you can hear me okay and the audio is back. I was saying that a large portion of the IP that's developed in Canada ended up being owned by international companies, notably in fields like AI. We fund the effort, but our economy and society often don't reap the greatest benefits.