This is a great time to once more stress what I call the three key concrete outcomes of our investments. It brings up the question that has already been mentioned today: the development of talent. We invest in the future, in Canadian society and in the people who are going to help us move forward.
The investments allow us to understand our present reality and the world around us.
The investments also help us to understand future reality and the world as it will be in the years to come.
I feel that these investments provide us with understanding, with knowledge, and that forms the basis of what is going to protect us from the future. They allow us to mobilize people, to develop talent and to build knowledge and understanding both for today and tomorrow.