The statistics that it's taken from.... If you look over time, it's one of those questions where it depends on how you do the numbers, in terms of corrected for a given year. In general, the overall funding for R and D went up slightly in the late 2000s, and then I think it went down slightly over the last few years. There's been a shift in where that funding occurs. I think if you divide it by per capita then you do see a bit of a decrease over the last few years. I can find the numbers for you. They're in that same Stats Canada package. There has been a bit of a decline, but not a huge one.
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