I am simply trying to suggest that you take a different approach next year, one that will be more useful to you, to us and to Canadians.
On page 27, it says that R&D spending in Canada dropped as a share of the GDP. We should be able to see whether that is part of a pattern and how we rank against other countries. You know, as well as I do, that it is a problem, not in terms of public R&D, where we are one of the leaders, but in terms of private sector R&D. Private enterprise is not investing in R&D, despite the option to amortize the capital and the considerable efforts of the provinces, especially mine, Quebec.
We are way behind, and this report should tell us what the problem is. Your minister just gave a presentation. There were indications in your report that the minister was going to give such a presentation. The reader just happens upon that information by checking a table. You already have to be familiar with the subject matter to understand when a particular table is critical and when it is not.