Mr. Speaker, the Government of Canada supports industries across this country through strong research and development infrastructure, and creating a regulatory environment that is friendly to business.
KPMG last year reported that Canada, among the countries of the European Union, North America and Japan, had the lowest business costs in the world for developed countries, 14% on average below the costs in the United States. We have the conditions with lowering taxes, with highly skilled labour, and with low and stable interest rates--