Mr. Speaker, I rise in this chamber as the first vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Science and Research, representing the Conservatives. Witnesses, committee analysts and parliamentarians from all parties contributed their valuable time and effort into producing this report in the previous Parliament, and I am pleased to see this report being tabled today. His Majesty's opposition did submit a dissenting opinion, which is attached and included in the first report. In essence, Conservatives disagree with the recommendations in the report that called for unfunded spending.
With regard to the second report, “Science and Research in Canada's Arctic in Relation to Climate Change”, the Conservatives have produced a dissenting report, and we again, in essence, disagree with the notion of unfunded spending.