Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to all of our wonderful witnesses.
I have to say, Michael, you are the youngest observer of these committee meetings we've had. So welcome to you, and congratulations for winning the prize for youngest fellow to come.
I'm going to continue in the same vein, if you wouldn't mind, Mr. Davidson, with regard to research and development. Some have been very critical of our government's record on research and development. But in fact, since we were elected in January 2006, we have a track record that is stronger than any previous government. We actually rank first in terms of expenditures on research and development in the higher education sector as a share of the economy.
My question to you is this. What is your assessment of the government's record, and particularly of the measures and action plan that we put forward, measures that might have helped students to succeed?