If we're not growing a strong enough crop of mid-sized companies, our start-ups are acquired and their assets, including the IP that they've generated, end up leaving Canada, and any commercial exploitation of that IP results in job creation somewhere else.
C'est là, selon nous, que le véritable risque se pose. Si nous ne constituons pas un bassin suffisamment solide d'entreprises de taille moyenne, nos nouvelles entreprises se font acheter et leurs actifs, y compris leur PI, quittent le Canada.