No. On the contrary, I think our universities are very competitive when competing for funding from the national granting councils. However, I think it was your government that created the Atlantic Innovation Fund, if I'm not mistaken, which has been very successful in our region. What we're strongly suggesting is that that's been a great initiative that can be further built upon by a very specific university-led research-based investment in the region.
On November 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.