Natural Resources committee  It's on page 18 of the—

Natural Resources committee  This is one of the best files because we are not starting from scratch since the expertise is already out there. It is fair to acknowledge that over the last 10 or 15 years, efforts and intentions in this area have decreased on both the scientific and political levels. More recently, following trends we observed in the Prairies in particular, with agriculture and recurring droughts in British Columbia and Ontario, as the deputy minister mentioned a little earlier, we've noticed that people are becoming more interested and more concerned again about this issue.

Natural Resources committee  We only have general data on the research as a whole, since we do not have a breakdown of expenses for renewable sources of energy. About two-thirds of the department's budgetary envelope is spent on science and technology. Of the 4,500 employees, about 3,000 are researchers. So that represents a significant part of the department's activities.