My initial comments would be that the action plan that the government is following right now in reducing the number of our scientists and meteorologists is only going to further contribute further to this problem and our lack of competitiveness across the board.
As you said, the government does offer lots of investment tax credits with respect to R and D, but one has to question whether money is being funnelled to the appropriate places. There needs to be extensive research or a re-look at how the Canada Revenue Agency, for instance, farms out investment tax credits for research and development.
We need to make sure that the tax credits are going to areas that are going to create innovation and competitiveness in the future.