I have in front of me an article titled “Le Canada, cancre de l'innovation”, which basically means that Canada is doing very poorly on the innovation front, that we are something of a laughingstock. The article says that innovation is still the poor cousin of the Canadian economy and that Canada has received the worst mark possible—a D. The calculation is made based on the 21 indicators used by the Conference Board. And here I was, thinking that we were on the cutting edge of innovation.
I am making a link between innovation and development. I don't know whether you are doing the same, but I do see a direct link myself. If we are a laughingstock, do you think that our future economic development is in jeopardy?