Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Industry.
There will be serious budget cuts in 1995-96 and 1996-97 for the research funding councils. For instance, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council budget for that period will be cut by $142.3 million.
Is the minister aware that cutting assistance to research carried out outside federal laboratories will penalize Quebec most heavily, because this is the type of federal merit-based research funding in which Quebec receives a fair share?