Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Greetings to the witnesses here with us today.
Mr. Gravelle, it's a pleasure to see you again and, of course, to welcome to you to the committee, an important one that is currently studying intellectual property.
In your address, you provided an overview of the situation and also suggested a few solutions. I have familiarized yourself with your 2022 pre-budget recommendations. Needless to say, the 2023 ones will be forthcoming.
You recommended that the government introduce the first patent program. This program was already in place in Quebec, but was discontinued. It covered the costs of initial research, establishing an intellectual property strategy, and drafting a first patent application for an invention.
Can you tell us why it would be important to reintroduce a program like that?