Yes, there is a “Matthew effect”. That basically means that the more visibility you have in the scientific field, the more funding you receive and the easier it becomes to receive more funding. It turns out that the more money you have, the more funding you get.
This is not unique to Canada, though. We are seeing this play out virtually everywhere, as I mentioned earlier. On that note, I would really like us to try different ways of reintroducing greater fairness into the system so that we don't lose discoveries that could have been made were it not for a lack of resources.