Mr. Speaker, for every dollar invested under technology partnerships Canada in Canadian enterprises, the private sector has contributed $4 in the same investment. Accordingly, it is the same risk as that undertaken by the private sector.
As for TPC itself, my hon. friend likes to call it welfare. It is anything but. It is an investment by Canadians into the future of their economy. Every advanced industrial economy in the world does it. We do it in the public interest.