Madam Speaker, whenever we are spending taxpayers' money, as there is only one taxpayer in this country, we need to be careful. We need to be transparent. I agree with my colleague that it does not matter what decision we make; there are going to be people who are happy and people who are not happy.
We need to be very careful with taxpayers' money. It is hard-earned money. They work hard for their pay, and given the taxes we take from them, we need to work just as hard to make sure there are all sorts of checks and balances on how money is spent.
We need to support innovation. We have a great history of innovation in this country, with co-operation from our scientists, our academics and our private sector. We must hold those people accountable for what money they receive, how they got it and where they spend it. That is about the trust people have in a government.