Finance committee  I'm not sure which comments you're referring to.

Finance committee  Not.... The trend line in public support for intramural science is a downward trend. We are heading towards the bottom of the OECD tables in that regard, and there's a clear sense from all the partners in the scientific community—

Finance committee  Is it the Moody's and Fitch that you're...? We'll provide you with that—

Finance committee  —but with regard to where the general scientific community stands, there is no doubt that there's an issue around how much funding and support there is for intramural science. Many major scientific projects in this country require the participation of the private sector, absolute

Finance committee  In what fiscal...?

Finance committee  Absolutely. First of all, I think, with regard to the rating agencies, the point was that these rating agencies were implying that some of the extreme nature of where the government was going was unnecessary, given what they had: a relatively positive assessment of the circumstan

Finance committee  They said that, and they said this as well.... There is no doubt that they're generally very pleased with your government and the direction your government is heading in. There's no doubt about that. What they were identifying was the fact that it was unnecessary to go to the poi

Finance committee  Thank you, Shannon.

Finance committee  Our concern is that currently there's a lot of confusion at the NRC. There has been a trend towards downgrading basic research, certainly, but at the same time it's more a question of not being clear on what is actually going on. With the restructuring, we have two processes th