Mr. Speaker, when the government took office there was no doubt that this country's financial back was against the wall. A number of very important decisions had to be taken, none of which we wanted to do, thanks in fact to the terrible mess that we inherited.
The fact is since then we have created the Canada Foundation for Innovation and have put some $800 million into it.
We are very cognizant. The Minister of Health has been very articulate on the importance of medical research and we will continue to support it.