Kennedy Stewart at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On November 29th, 2012. See this statement in context.

November 29th, 2012 / 12:20 p.m.

NDP

Kennedy Stewart NDP Burnaby—Douglas, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for coming today.

I have a larger budget question, although it's related to the supplementary estimates. I'd like you to situate these estimates in a larger context. According to the latest StatsCan bulletin, “Federal science and technology spending for fiscal year 2012/2013 is anticipated to decline 5.9% from 2011/2012...”. When adjusted for inflation and shown in real dollars, we are looking at something like an 8% cut. Do you dispute this assessment?

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