Sorry to cut you off, Mr. Francq, but I see you're reading from the report. Thank you for sharing your analysis, but I have another question.
I'm going to list three facts. First, Canada is considered the only G7 country to have seen a decline in the number of researchers per 100,000 inhabitants in recent years. Second, Canada is the only G7 country whose R and D spending as a share of GDP has dropped in the past 20 years. Third, Canada hasn't increased or even indexed federal graduate scholarships for two decades now.
My sense is that there are reasons to explain that position of disadvantage when it comes to long-term growth. Even in the last federal budget, there was nothing set aside for research. It's tough to stand out when we don't invest in R and D, while our neighbour and competitor does. The U.S. actually doubled its investment in its main research funding program.
When you take all of those facts into account, how do rate Canada's prospects?