Mr. Speaker, I would like to say to my colleague that she must be living in a different country from the one the rest of us live in.
In the report that was obtained, and written up in Sunday's Citizen and yesterday's Le Devoir , it says that the government also knows that Canada is far from being the best country in the world as far as growth and development are concerned.
With research and higher education shown in this report to be extremely important for future development, how can the member explain that this government has made cuts to education and to research and innovation budgets? Their recommendation is for a gradual increase, when needs are acute.
What we learn from this study ordered from on high by the government is that, although Canada appears to have high growth, it is growth that does little to increase productivity. Even Canada is down in relative productivity, with the result that the standard of living is dropping. If radical changes are not made, Canada is going to find itself in an extremely difficult situation—