I hear you loud and clear. If all of the students, researchers and professors who are watching today.... Listen, I understand. I hear you loud and clear. We have always led when it comes to research and science in this country. I agree with you that funding is a key component of that. We always rank very...at the top of the list, but obviously we've seen, over the years, a sliding back.
We made the largest investment in science of, I would say, any government when we came into office. However, obviously, people would say, “Well, if you want to keep the high ranking, you need to keep investing in science and research.” I can tell you that we're very cognizant of that. We're trying to look at every possible way of how we can support our students, our scientists and our researchers because the work of this committee has highlighted that. The Bouchard report....
I want to personally thank Professor Bouchard for his work. It's key in making sure that we really understand the state of science and what we can do to support our young scientists and research in Canada, both fundamental and applied research.