Mr. Speaker, we have made significant new investments in budget 2009. I will give a rundown of a few: the knowledge infrastructure program, $2 billion; clean energy technologies, $1 billion over five years; Canada Foundation for Innovation, $750 million; Canada Health Infoway, $500 million; modernization of federal labs, $250 million; and the list goes on. It is a total of $5.1 billion.
The member mentioned what President Obama is doing in the United States. I would point out that the moneys being spent there still do not match proportionally the money we are spending in Canada. This government has made significant investments in these areas.
We could talk about Genome Canada. In 2007 we invested $100 million over five years and $40 million over five years in budget 2008. This money is ongoing. The board of Genome Canada has said publicly that it is happy with the support. We look forward to continue working with it as a funding partner.