The envelope amount that the committee focused on was $7 billion. We can divide that envelope into two major parts. The first is a tax credit administered by the Department of Finance. It's roughly $3.5 billion. It varies from year to year. The other part includes grants and is more diversified in the nature of the programs. The majority of this second component consists of grants awarded to academic researchers or the various granting agencies.
Secondly, there's the National Research Council of Canada, whose envelope is 600 to $700 million a year.
Thirdly, there is a certain number of specialized programs, like the aerospace industry support program.
This report was tabled in October. The various departments are now looking at these recommendations so they can provide follow up as effectively as possible.
As for the tax credit, I know that people from the Department of Finance are looking at the recommendations that were made and are trying to figure out how the government could follow up on them.
We are a little stuck. The report was tabled five or six weeks ago, and it is fairly lengthy, and another section, which deals with procurement, was added.
So we are continuing our reviews in this respect. The report deserves to be studied in depth.