Paul Crête at the Finance Committee

On November 27th, 2007. See this statement in context.

November 27th, 2007 / 4:15 p.m.

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Paul Crête Bloc Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC

In your brief, you quote from the Conservative Party's 2006 election platform.

It is unacceptable that Canada's expenditure on R&D, at 1.9 per cent of GDP, is below other G-8 countries and well below the OECD average of 2.3 per cent.

I gather that what you are recommending would allow Canada to move back into the forefront or, at the very least, reach the average for G-8 countries?

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