With respect, I'm a university professor and I conduct research. I get funding from various sources. Like most engineering faculties, I work closely with industry, and I work with our national bodies, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council. I worked for the National Research Council in Ottawa for eight years.
In general, I think Canada has to maintain a strong research base and it has to promote innovation. I believe it's certainly well known that if we don't maintain a base level of innovation and basic research, in effect we will pay for it in later decades, not only in the energy sector but in other sectors as well.