Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Linke, this question is for you.
You are infiltrated in the start-up community so you know that especially with technology, AI and innovation, the retention of our intellectual property, our data and the patents on our technology is important to have in this country, because that's the economic growth out of all of our start-ups.
What is this current government doing to ensure that we are retaining our intellectual property and data within our start-up ecosystem?
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d data through our research funding and tax credits in Canada?
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