I might just add one point, and that is, the universities are in fact doing their research under ATP in cooperation, as the gentleman indicated. The private sector is involved in sharing information, but the dollars are not going to the major industries themselves. They are going to a consortium. The universities and small businesses have been contracting for those dollars, so we are talking about university-based research, as the gentleman is aware.
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Discussing university-based research funding during a debate on the ATP.
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