There are a number of ways that people measure investments in R and D: as a percentage of GDP, or in terms of total investments, or R and D embedded.... I'm not trying to be evasive, but a lot of Canada's R and D, particularly in pulp and paper, is actually acquired through technology as opposed to being performed itself. Perhaps I could offer, Mr. Chair, to bring back some specific information on this to help advance the discussions of the committee, as opposed to speculating right now on some of the various measures we have out there for measuring R and D.
On February 12th, 2008. See this statement in context.