Thank you.
You mentioned at the beginning of your statement that the economic action plan was introduced in 2008 to respond to the global recession, and accurately reflected, of course, that our top priorities have been to support jobs for Canadians and sustain Canada's economic growth. With that in mind, in previous testimony earlier today, Mr. Dupont talked about how the budget was doubled in 2008-09 and 2010-11 to support one-time economic action plan initiatives, and is now really just being restored to pre-recession levels.
Can you touch on what the doubling of those investments and the one-time economic action plan investments have meant, as we move forward in our current investments in the supplementary estimates (B), for innovation and market development? How has that doubling of investments helped support our innovation and market development?
Mr. Dupont, if you would like to support any response to this as well, feel free to comment.