I think I didn't really get the context until your supplementary question, and now I'm beginning to understand.
There is no question that the work we're obligated to do has competitive focus, in that we work with industry to have things brought to commercial use to maintain competitiveness. There's also another whole side to the work we do, which is driving public good. That public good does get characterized by government in the context of the directions we're going to take as a society.
I operate on the premise of a fairly simple formula: the science and technology we do helps to drive innovation, innovation can drive both competitiveness and the public good, and the combination of those two maintains the wealth and health of Canadians, the quality of the life we live.
Is there ever conflict between the public good and competitiveness? I would argue that we could probably ferret out examples, yes, but I don't think the general trend is towards an increase; we see it working hard to decrease.