Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of State (Science and Technology) misled the House when he declared that he has invested $5.1 billion in research and development. What the minister did not say is that a large portion of this money has been allocated to infrastructure and not to funding research per se.
The Obama administration is announcing a $10 billion investment in research in the United States, at the same time that our government is announcing cuts.
Does the government realize that its attitude will only result in researchers heading south of the border?