Mr. Speaker, once again, the premise of the question is entirely false. There is increased funding for degrees in the social sciences. There are new investments in budget 2009 regarding science and technology, including $2 billion for a knowledge infrastructure program, $1 billion over five years for clean energy technologies, $750 million for the Canada Foundation for Innovation, $500 million for Canada Health Infoway, $250 million to modernize federal labs, and $200 million over two years for the industrial research assistance program.
This government is doing more for science and technology and more for the very people she is talking about than her government ever did.