Mr. Speaker, first let me congratulate the 8,000 plus participants at the congress who come from a host of disciplines and whose wealth of knowledge contributes to the quality of life of Canadians.
We are doing a great deal. There are two examples. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council budget will be increased to $103 million by the year 2000. The federal government is funding a centre of excellence, Telelearning, that puts together what the social sciences and other sciences are able to do. In this case it gives Canadians the tools to adapt to the new knowledge based economy.