Mr. Speaker, we have taken several positive steps. We are building on the past: the Canadian Foundation for Innovation in 1997; the Canadian millennium scholarship fund in 1998; $1.8 billion in investments in science and technology this year; the centres of excellence, the granting councils, the National Research Council, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation; $1.5 billion in health research, prenatal programs and research and for nurses doing research to enhance health care.
We want to keep our brightest and our best in Canada. We want to make Canada the place of choice for knowledge based workers.