Israel and Ontario have just extended their 10-year research & development collaboration program by another 5 years. Prior investment of $18 million generated $1 billion in earnings to the companies emerging from the program. And another $6 million has just gone in.
http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Israel-and-Ontario-extend-joint-R-and-D-program-402764
http://news.nocamels.com/2015/05/21/ontario-invests-6m-in-joint-research-projects/