Mr. Speaker, I am really quite intrigued by the comments made by previous speaker, the member who made the presentation. I thought this motion related to students and keeping brains in Canada. I thought it was concerned with identifying reasons for losing them.
I refer the hon. member to his own record and the record of the government at this time. In successive budgets the government has reduced the money available for science and technology, in particular for research and development and especially basic research.
Would the member be prepared to address the question of how we could keep our brains in this country and provide them with the research infrastructure that is so necessary to develop and advance knowledge?