Science and Research committee  Thank you.

Science and Research committee  The response to that question is, yes, these types of courses should be geared to the universities, both in the sciences faculties and in the arts faculties. This is one of the reasons we talk about IP and business together. Of course, it takes the scientists to come up with some innovative ideas, but it's never done in silo.

Science and Research committee  I do, because I would also like to add the point that....For instance, Professor Mayo started her entrepreneurial road at the age of 65, and her product is currently getting a lot of market traction. That is one of the reasons we referred to Dr. Mark Weber of McGill. I had asked him to put a spotlight on some trail-blazing women, and he offered a few names, including Dr.

Science and Research committee  That’s a great question, and unfortunately I don’t have an answer. The only thing I can add is that you don’t necessarily have to take the U.S. market as a benchmark. Let’s look instead at Quebec, which has already taken some excellent steps through the Quebec Research and Innovation Investment Strategy, SQRI2, as well as with the Quebec Innovation Council, headed by Luc Sirois.

Science and Research committee  In response to your question, in terms of the gender gap, Canada is lagging in that respect. Statistics from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office talk about one in five. That means of every five inventors, one is female. In comparison, in Europe it's one in three, which is almost half.

Science and Research committee  Sure, Honourable Cannings. The idea presented by C.D. Howe in terms of the IP exchange is a very good one, I believe. I know that the World Intellectual Property Organization has made the WIPO GREEN as well. I would just be mindful that the quality of intellectual property that finds itself on the exchanges obviously has to be verified by those who want to use those types of services.

Science and Research committee  Thank you for the question. Bold New Edge, MVIP and FORPIQ are in communication with ISED as well as with IP, business and the ecosystem. It's good practice for companies to do verifications from time to time to see if they're missing something that might be of value or that might be commercialized.

Science and Research committee  A lot of STEM activities are being promoted, and a lot more funds are being directed toward women, including through the Thrive platform by the BDC. I believe that's an approximately $500-million fund for women trailblazers. In an upcoming article that's being published in the World Intellectual Property Office magazine, we're also storytelling in the sense that we're putting a spotlight on two researchers, from the University of McGill and the Université de Montréal, who are supported by Axelys as well.

Science and Research committee  Yes, go ahead.

Science and Research committee  Unfortunately, I don't have those statistics, either. I could ask my partners at Deloitte if they have that type of information available.

Science and Research committee  In my opinion, the answer to this question is no. We are trying to increase our funding as a non-profit organization to benefit FORPIQ. To that end, one of our goals is to become an organization that is not only Quebec-based, but pan-Canadian, by offering these kinds of resources to all players in the innovation ecosystem.

Science and Research committee  In my opinion, that could have a huge impact, and the reason is simple. Just look at the Swedish model of collaboration between the various players. That country has a stock market for intellectual property. These are things we can talk about. We have a relationship with WIPO. So we have access to international resources to disseminate information that is already prepared and endorsed by the international community for the benefit of Canadians and Quebeckers.

Science and Research committee  I will answer that question in English. The concept of breaking silos is something that is very important, because, again, the innovation ecosystem is not a provincial centric issue. It is a national issue. We're confronted with serious issues when we're looking at, for instance, cybersecurity concerns and acquisition of Canadian intellectual property.

Science and Research committee  Thank you very much for the comment and the question. Canada, I believe, is doing very well in how it's funding these start-ups. ElevateIP is a fantastic fund that is already in existence. That's one way, once the program gets rolled out by the business accelerators and incubators.

Science and Research committee  Thank you very much for the question, Honourable Williams. Before answering that question, I just want to complement the first response by my colleague Mr. Schwanen. With respect to the patent box model that you were referring to earlier, our partner Deloitte has already submitted a submission to the finance committee that we would more than gladly share with this committee as a written brief response.