At the end of the day, the most important thing is to measure results. I'll give you two examples of areas we are tracking. One relates to the economic action plan, the knowledge infrastructure program that was put into place, and the other one is the overall investment in R and D by government and by business.
In terms of the knowledge infrastructure program, I believe the Auditor General may have referenced this. The staff are doing an audit of how we spent and the impact it has had. We follow this very closely with our provincial counterparts, with whom we are delivering this program, in terms of what is actually happening on the ground and what benefits it will have in enhancing the quality of the infrastructure of post-secondary education in the country.
With regard to investment in R and D, Canada does quite well overall in terms of its investments in research. Where we lack is in the area of business investment, which is something that we track.
The government--in the last budget, I think--announced that it was going to review R and D spending overall as it relates to the amounts that are spent, to achieve better commercialization, better outcomes, which goes to your point about what we are getting for this money.
It covers a wide range of instruments that government has, ranging from tax measures to things like IRAP and its programs. Because we're trying to get to the bottom of what impact this is having on the ground, how this is moving commercialization and how this is bringing product to market.
So we do keep an eye on, if you wish, the larger issues at hand.