Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member said, this is a difficult situation that we find ourselves in due to a lack of investment over a number of years through many governments. Maintaining our presence in every province, streamlining research and development and building a more collaborative science system that supports producers and strengthens our competitiveness is what this government is going to do. We are not going to put ourselves at an uncompetitive level at the national level or international level.
In the House of Commons on March 10th, 2026. See this statement in context.