Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 15)

"The National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program supports innovative and growth-oriented small and medium-sized companies through advisory services, research and development project funding and networking. While further work to develop the Innovation Agenda takes place, Budget 2016 proposes to provide the Program with an additional $50 million in 2016–17 to increase the number of companies served by the Program’s highly qualified Industrial Technology Advisors nationwide." ("Growing The Middle Class" Budget 2016-2017)

"To enable IRAP to support business research and development for projects up to a new threshold of $10 million, the Government proposes to invest $700 million over five years, starting in 2018–19, and $150 million per year ongoing."

(Equality Growth - A Strong Middle Class page 105, February 27, 2018)