Thank you, again. You seem to focus on the big things.
Yes, definitely. I always say that the science of today is the economy of tomorrow. That's why, in 2016, we made record investments in science, and now you've seen $3.5 billion in the last budget. I'll mention one: $2.4 billion on AI.
Canada is already a world leader. We were the first country in the world to have an AI national strategy. We were the first country in the world, with the United States, to have a voluntary code of conduct. We want to keep that leading position.
Yoshua Bengio is a Canadian who has been recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 people in the world who have great influence, and he is helping us. I would say to people on the committee that they should listen to his voice on Bill C-27, because he's world renowned. To maintain that capacity of leading, these investments in AI, the $2.4 billion we've announced to have more computing power, and the agreement we recently signed with Nvidia should give confidence to Canadians that we're going to continue to lead.