Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to respond to the question. It offers me the opportunity to highlight the advances we have made.
We have increased the funding for the university granting councils. We have created the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and have introduced 2,000 21st century research chairs which will make Canada the envy of the world. We have expanded health research through the Canadian institutes of health research and have made the networks of centres of excellence a permanent program.
There has not been a government in the history of Canada with as proud a record on post-secondary education as this one.