I have a few random comments about this. I don't think it would be a good idea to put all our eggs in one basket, in part because Canada is a big country. We are much better off targeting more regional intervention niches. In my opinion, trying to centralize everything would not necessarily be a step in the right direction.
You also mentioned the Conference Board of Canada report. It's true that if we compare the investments in research and development with the gross national product, Canada's performance isn't very good: it represents about 1.8%. China has almost surpassed us.
So we need to do better in this area, especially since, as Mr. Paradis said, there is a tax credit that costs taxpayers $3 to $3.5 billion a year. With that type of intervention, we should be getting better results. That was the objective set by the Jenkins report.