This is actually really great news. Its a tiring scene seeing Canadian innovations commercialize in the United States time and time again.

An example is the Zenn cars:
“ZENN Cars (stands for Zero Emission No Noise) is a Canadian company with a line of plug-in electric vehicles that cost less than $15,000. In many states there are no sales taxes and tax credits may be available. They are available today. Zenncars.com has a list of dealers accessible across the US. Just enter a zip to find the nearest one. These vehicles may only make sense for a small number of drivers as they are currently limited to less than 30 miles per charge and cannot go faster than about 25 mph. For some people, businesses, or government offices, they could make a lot of sense. With gas prices expected to average more than $3.40 per gallons, ZENN could make sense for many American families as a second or even third car. ZENN’s CEO is on a path, however, to offer a full range of electric vehicles that could satisfy many many more consumers.” (source: http://www.alternativeenergy.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1066929%3ABlogPost%3A18988)

However, now we see facilities like Therapure Biopharma (www.therapurebio.com) in Mississauga where we have the ability to do small scale lab work for R&D, and with the same facility, be able to do large scale commercial production of products rather than shipping our innovations to the states.

I think we are truly on our way to creating our niche of technology and science here in Southern Ontario.