e funding from Ottawa and Quebec, and Harling said the cost of such an undertaking has only skyrocketed since then. What’s more, he said, chips are constantly getting smaller, making the expensive manufacturing facilities obsolete in about 10 years. </p>
                <p> “I don’t think Canada is going to open the purse wide enough to do that,” he said. </p>
                <p> Hand-wringing over Canada’s ability to turn innovative technology into a viable commercial profit centre has been going