When we analyze a company's record, we see its view of the future in its research and development expenditures.
At the forest industry council, we applaud when we see $35 million over two years set aside for the program called investments in forest industry transformation, or IFIT. It is for the forestry industry to convert and diversify into new products. However, in the budget as a whole, when we compare the amounts allocated to other sectors—you will recall how many billions of dollars have gone to the oil and gas sector—we are disappointed.
In other words, if the government sees any future at all in biofuels, it will have to invest money to support the industry to that end. I feel that all the witnesses today have said so. It's critical. Without money for research and development in order to reach economies of scale, the transition will not happen.