In fact, we are not asking that funding be reduced in other areas of study, on the contrary. To put it simply, we had to make a choice from the many things we want on our list.
In our opinion, the problem is basically that the Canadian Foundation for Innovation is a private foundation, that is all. We do not believe that there is enough accountability, and the foundation should be just as accountable as all other federal organizations. We are not asking that research infrastructure funding should be stopped, on the contrary. We are simply asking that the money in the Canadian Foundation for Innovation be reinjected in programs which already exist under the three federal granting organizations, programs which fund infrastructure.