Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Munro, I have a practical question for you.
My honest opinion is that the public investment figures are very low. You will probably like my question. If it is true that the transportation sector is the largest consumer of energy and that reality will make us change technology, is spending only 20% on fundamental research and 38% on applied research justified by the fact that you have to deal with the current budgets and that more investments are needed?
The reality is that
it's an ongoing issue, and you will truly need more resources to make sure of the “doability” of what we'll provide afterward.
As legislators—and we will make some recommendations, so I'm very pragmatic here—we are in a kind of pre-budget, and I believe we should invest more in R and D.
Do you truly have what it needs right now? What more do you need to be even more efficient? I ask because this is the future.