Thank you, Mr. Carrier.
We received our funding from the government in increments. In 2000, we received $60 million. In 2003, we received another $50 million. We invested that money in accordance with the rules stipulating that the investments be very safe. We did not lose any money during the recent budget crisis, and we spent the capital as well as the interest. That is how most of the foundations operated, including the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Genome Canada. The system recently changed for the others, but we have not received any funding since 2003. So we are surviving on the capital and interest. We used that money to fund 24 major research networks and several dozen major research projects up to $15 million annually. We can keep that up for another few months. I will ask my colleague how much it will be this year, $2 million perhaps. Next year, it will be nothing.
It is a field where those in need of this kind of information also responded. So the Quebec government decided to provide some money so we could continue to fund a regional modelling network. The Canadian Space Agency and a few other departments will continue to give us money for a few more years, just to keep those networks operating for a few more months. But, as of next year, there will be nothing.