Actually, that's one of the reasons that the oil sands industry is very attractive to engineers: because these projects are on the scale of 50 years, in most cases, and therefore it's easy to predict. It would be nice to have that kind of predictability in other areas, and we'll certainly be working towards that. I'm sure I'll be talking to you about that again down the road.
Ms. Walden, you were talking about the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters and the fact that they're having troubles, perhaps, in a more competitive marketplace, in competing using existing technologies. Of course, engineers are critical to helping develop new technologies. NSERC is certainly one component that can help, through the variety of programs. Another one is the SR and ED tax credits.
The CME mentioned to the committee recently that they're expecting that their research and development will drop by about 30%. Do you think it would have an impact on engineers and engineering if research and development in that sector were to drop by 30%?