Certainly. Mr. Chair, as I mentioned earlier, my colleague opposite, Madam Quach, laid out a line of questioning or witness preamble that suggested that Dr. Otto's basic research capacity was important to the study, which I believe we all agreed to. Next she opened up a line of questioning with regard to the national research centre that was not directed primarily towards the scope of the study. I think what she was trying to get at was to show the impact of research funding on this habitat conservation study. I'm perhaps doing that in a more direct way and teasing out witness testimony that shows that there actually has been an increase in basic research, Mr. Chair, that has appropriately sponsored this type of research in this area.
On May 9th, 2013. See this statement in context.