Madam Chair, the Government of Canada is moving its main materials research facility from Ottawa to Hamilton, the hub of the automobile and manufacturing industries. I am referring to the Materials Technology Centre of the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, known as CANMET-MTL.
The proximity of the companies and universities that are very involved in leading-edge research on materials and their development, as well as their marketing, will stimulate innovation in Canada's manufacturing sector. It will also stimulate economic activity and ensure that high-quality jobs are maintained as well as created.
We know that our government recently launched the science and technology strategy, which recognizes the need to create synergies between industry, universities and government in order to promote innovation in science and technology.