Yes, core funding is needed for basic research, but it has to be part of a continuum. I am referring to fundamental questions that require answers in the longer term. They include genetics, studies on mastitis or maintaining a pathogens bank from one year to the next. Those examples show us that restricting the program to five years poses a problem. We have no idea what will happen with all that work. That is why I am talking about a continuum.
In terms of money, there is less and less in the research centres at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. We have to see. Good researchers working there are also starting to be short of resources for their work.