Mr. Stewart-Patterson, you brought forward a number of recommendations, a number of which we have already implemented and a couple of which, you said, need to be extended. I find it interesting that a number of things we did within the report itself that have already been moved forward, such as investment in manufacturing and processing machinery and equipment that's eligible for the 50% straight-line writeoff and the temporary accelerated CCA rate, will provide about $1.3 billion of assistance to businesses over the periods 2007-08 and 2009-10. I suspect that the number will be incrementally higher as we extend them over a further period. That would be based, first, on companies finding out about them, and second, on their determining if making the investments they are talking about fits into a business plan.
It strikes me that we've taken a good first, second, and maybe third step after the report in terms of implementing probably the biggest portions of it.
We had a lot of discussion in the previous session about the scientific research aspect of it. I wondered if you could comment a little bit more on how we could do that in such a way that, obviously, it has an immediate impact. Also, what are your thoughts on how it would impact over the longer term? I suspect it won't be an impact that's going to happen over a period of four to six months; it's going to take a longer period of time to be implemented and to have a lasting impact.