As a researcher, I am always in favour of more research, so that is great. At the same time, it's not only researchers. We need to do more. That's the bottom line.
Also, when you refer to $1.7 million per researcher for 1,000 researchers, over the lifetime of a researcher, unfortunately, that's not a lot of money. I would like to point out that, but as I indicated in my submission, it's more than just research. We need to bring AI to the organizations. Ninety-six per cent of the Canadian economy is based on small and medium-sized enterprises, and those enterprises need support because it's our overall competitiveness. How we do that, from my perspective, is the million-dollar question. It's research, but also more.
