I alluded briefly to that in terms of information and communication technology adoption. Our usage of computers by small and medium-sized companies is much lower than it is in similarly sized firms in the U.S. So that is why, within the digital economy strategy, we are putting so much emphasis on trying to enhance productivity to lead to more competitiveness. I think this is going to be even more important going forward as the demographics of this country change, as people get chronologically older. We cannot stop Father Time from moving every year, and we will have fewer people working. So we need to enhance our productivity if we wish to sustain our standard of living, if we wish to sustain the types of public goods that we have enjoyed. So competitiveness and productivity are very important. We look forward to the Jenkins panel to see if they can give us further insights as to how we can use the R and D dollar more effectively to achieve that goal.
On September 28th, 2011. See this statement in context.