As we said earlier, Canada is the envy of other countries in terms of its ability to move forward in research and development as a result of the programs that have been put in place in recent years. And we recognize, of course, that the percentage of GDP being expended by private industry in research and development is lower than in other countries, and that's certainly something we need to target as well.
However, we have to be very careful that we don't lose the advantage that we have in the research that is being supported by the government base, because it's that advantage in Canada that will translate ultimately into the ability of our industries to be competitive in high-tech areas. What we need to be doing is fostering that technology transfer process, but we don't want to do it at the expense of becoming poorer in our ability to do the basic things, or you won't have the ability then to get the industries to be world class.
What we're talking about is something that's missing in the appropriate distribution of funds within the original part you were talking about that is supported by government. Don't lose that advantage in the interests of trying to do something else.