Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question. Obviously, we are not responsible for the contracts awarded by the previous Conservative government. Obviously, we are not responsible for the funds allocated in the last five years.
We will of course try to direct our grants on the basis of need. For example, a national pulp and paper centre was set up in Montreal, because that is where most of the interest and the technology in that field can be found. I do not think we will start to allocate funds according to regional development. We should instead spend the money where the expertise is, such as for mining in Abitibi and PAPRICAN in Montreal.