I want to thank my colleague from Frontenac for his question.
We know that all the farmers in Quebec really need research and development activities.
I have here a research and development federal strategy report. Each year, the federal government invests almost $6 billion in research and development, not including the tax credits which account for $1 billion each year. Almost 60 per cent of the federal contribution to research and development, excluding the tax credits, are invested in domestic research done by federal laboratories, which include all the departments. The rest is broken down as follows: industry receives $977 million; universities, $960 million; foreign researchers, $286 million; and others, $210 million.
On the whole, federal spending in research and development benefits Ontario. In 1990-91, Ontario received 53 per cent of the federal spending, while Quebec got 19.5 per cent. Yet, Quebec's industrial structure does not warrant such small investments by the federal government.