You brought up innovation, and in your opening statement, you told us that 32 countries had increased their R and D spending between 2014 and 2018. Unfortunately, over the past two decades, Canada has been the only G7 country to have reduced its investment in R and D. From 2001 to 2019, Canada went from number eight on the World Index of Healthcare Innovation to number 17.
You talked about recent investments. No one is against doing the right thing, but will the funding be enough to reverse the trend and make up for how far we've fallen behind over the past two decades?