This is what our government has done. For the first time in decades it has put in place a major industrial policy to support innovation. The objective was to foster innovation not only in our major centres, but also in all regions. For that reason, CED created a new program to support innovation.
Innovation is important to productivity and competitiveness. We spoke about this in another context. We know that we have labour shortages. Having the ability to invest in innovation creates new tools for our corporations and SMEs to purchase equipment and, essentially, to do a little more sometimes with less. That is why we wanted to launch this new program.
Ultimately, funding for CED has also increased. Generally, everyone should benefit. That said, if businesses are dealing specific issues, I would be pleased to work with them to address their concerns.