Very often, people—and not just people in your industry—say that research and development support is always yearly. But that does not seem to work. When a researcher starts working on something complicated, they need to know whether they will be funded for two, three, four or five years, the period of time necessary to produce something. That is a handicap for the lumber industry. You need to know the amount of research funding you are going to get for the entire period required to find applications for your research, without having to go and ask for the money every year.
On December 12th, 2011. See this statement in context.