Mr. Nantel, other stakeholders shared with us another point of view on basic research. I would like to cite Roxanne Borgès Da Silva, who appeared before a House of Commons committee. She said that the government should be apprised of the importance of basic research and that a lot more emphasis was being placed on applied research. Of course, the funding issue also came up again, as that is always the crux, as you probably know. We all know the data. In fact, Canada is the only G7 country that reduced its investments in research and development between 2000 in 2020.
So I am trying to understand what you are telling us. We are competitive, and I am happy about that, but would we be more competitive if investments were made?
Could we even stand out internationally?