Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to move forward from the question that was asked by Mr. Eyking, who brought you to talk about science culture and the necessity of teaching kids the importance of science. Those kids have parents. Those parents pay taxes. Those taxes will perhaps come back to you as grants or operating expenses at some point. The problem is that the Canadian taxpayer will probably not go to university, has never been near a university, and doesn't know about a university. He dreams about the fact that his children will one day go to university; he's not sure about that either.
The responsibility to sell to the Canadian taxpayer the necessity of funding science has always been the responsibility of the government, but the government cannot do such a good job of selling its own expenses. Press conferences and cocktails are nice, but you have the responsibility of selling to the taxpayer the necessity of funding your projects and your toys.
Could you be very specific as far as NEPTUNE is concerned or as far as the underground laboratory in Sudbury is concerned? Tell the committee the concrete, practical things that you've done over the years to bring the Canadian taxpayer on side. What have you done? If the answer is not much, what do you plan on doing?