Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'm sure there was a question earlier about how much Canada is spending abroad to promote Canadian products. I'm sure the committee, particularly those from forest-dependent provinces, will know that there's about $20 million to $25 million currently spreading the theme that Canadian wood is good, but there's another $50 million, I believe, in the economic action plan in this current budget to promote wood products, new wood innovations, new use of pine-beetle-infested or damaged wood, for example.
I'm thankful the Liberals have indicated they're going to support the economic action plan. We would hope that those who have an interest in the forest industry in the other parties would support it as well, because we'll get that $50 million out around the world telling other countries, other people, that Canadian wood products, Canadian forest innovation, is leading edge. We're going to go a long way to bring the forest industry back to life again.
So that was for the benefit of some of our colleagues here.
I'm interested in a comment, and I guess it was Mr. Beck who talked about investment and about science and technology as a key driver in trade investment. So I'm wondering, from an international trade investment viewpoint, can you give me a specific example in the area of science and technology where the government has made an investment? And what kind of investment specifically was made on even one project, so I would have an understanding of how the government would spend money investing in science and technology, for example?