Again, ASPI has developed a critical technology tracker that shows that China leads now in 37 of 44 technologies. That's a big concern. One of the reasons they're leading is they've been standing on the shoulders of Canadian, U.K. and U.S. researchers. The U.S. is next after China in all of those technologies, but where would the U.S. be if Canadian, U.K., Australian, German and other researchers were all partnering together to get behind an allied standard and an allied effort to be first in these technologies?
We know from China's long-term plans, which go out to 2050, that they intend to have the strongest military, the most advanced innovation and the strongest economy. Why are we helping them to do that when we know they will attack neighbours? It's not just Taiwan but India as well. Will they take all the fish from the Phillippines? Their behaviour is bizarre and quite dangerous.
We also need to be putting a lot more money into innovation here in Canada. The numbers on innovation have just been dropping over the last 10 years.