When you're faced with excess demand, one response is to bring in the backbone of your community colleges. I agree that it's the right thing to do. You commented favourably about the response of the provinces. We understand that for community colleges the decisions are made mainly at the provincial and territorial level. In budget 2007, the federal government increased the post-secondary transfer by some $850 million, with 3% accelerated each year. I hope your association continues to make this situation known.
I have a general question to the granting council representatives. Mr. Gaffield, you mentioned that there are enough undergraduates in the system. I wonder if Canada is doing as well as other countries in fuelling the pool of science and technology graduates coming up through the system. Are we doing enough at the introductory levels of science to get the people we need? We want to get the best and brightest from the world, but the world needs these people too. Are we doing enough to get our own people up to PhD level?