Thank you for the question.
Mr. Chair, as the minister was explaining, what the government chose to do in their regional economic action plan primarily for science and technology was very stimulus based with the idea this is something that would begin and it was something that would end, with the idea of leaving a tangible legacy at that time.
The minister highlighted the knowledge infrastructure program. That was $2 billion for infrastructure in universities and colleges. As the minister said, the program was completed on budget and on time; 554 projects across the country increased the capacity of universities and colleges to do research. Also a significant number of those projects were related to things like energy efficiency. As the stimulus ends, the savings to the institutions begin, and instead of having created an ongoing problem that has to be funded, you have created savings and ongoing advantage.
There were other elements as well, but again, we're stimulus based so the intent was for them to end, as well as to have an impact at a time when the economy was in dire straits.