No, absolutely not. That's why, in the last budget, my colleague Jim Flaherty, together with the Cabinet, stated that we were going to review the situation regarding science and technology and research and development in Canada.
I conducted consultations over the summer with various groups, including groups of academics. I went to Vancouver, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton to meet with academics concerning basic research and to meet business people who want support for marketing and research and development. A number of suggestions and ideas emerged from those consultations.
As we said, in the coming weeks, we'll again be requesting Canadians' cooperation and ideas on the priorities that this government should target with regard to research and development. Furthermore, in the coming weeks, we'll be asking the industry to provide us with comments. So that reflects the fact that this is important for us.
When I went to London, to Farnborough, I met with people in the aeronautics industry, but I also met with people from the London government to discuss their policies on science and technology and R&D. So we have reports that won't just be Canadian, but also reports from other countries. In addition, in the coming months, we'll be developing a strategy on science and technology. We'll be asking Canadians and experts to help us. All this committee's suggestions will therefore be welcome for the purposes of our process of reflection.