Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
And thank you to each of the witnesses for coming forward today. You've given us very detailed briefs.
I appreciate, as well, the stress on investments. We, as the official opposition, believe that the next federal budget has to be an investment budget, given that we are starting to move into an economic slowdown, as the Governor of the Bank of Canada has said.
I'd like to start with you, Mr. Mills. I have lots of questions. I'll try to get them all in.
First off, I just wanted to clarify something from your brief. You said:
The 2011 federal Budget included $35 million over 5 years...half the amount previously provided through the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences.
So what was the amount provided prior to the budget, on an annual basis?