Mr. Speaker, the Government of Canada intends to make this country a world leader in genomics because we understand its great potential.
This week at Toronto's sick children's hospital I made an announcement for 13 new research projects valued at $118 million, $59 million coming from the federal government through Genome Canada, which means that we have invested approximately $300 million in Genome Canada.
We are well on our way to making Canada a top ranking, innovation based economy. When it comes to achieving excellence in this area, we are focused like a laser beam.