Mr. Speaker, when people talk about the money that is not there for research, it is not only Liberals or scientists. It includes people like David Emerson who was a member of that government. He has said that now is the time when we really have to keep pushing resources into research and our educational institutions, bemoaning the fact that it is not being done.
I know and respect my colleague who is a decent person. What does he think about the Minister of State for Science and Technology telling the university teachers to “shut up” and that they had “burned their bridges” because they disagreed with him? Is that the way we should be conducting ourselves as parliamentarians?