The important thing for us is the final result. If we don't have a guarantee that the innovations will be useful or serve the industry and our members, that will produce nothing. We need an overall vision. We're concerned about the final result and about the use we can make of it. That goes without saying; we have to take the necessary steps to get there.
In some cases, we need expertise or new fields of expertise in research. If we don't get that, a mechanism could perhaps be used by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. I know that, for some time, you had as many as 600 researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's research centres.
I believe that's already been done. There might be a way to revive the connections or arrangements with universities. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada could partner with universities to put young researchers in situations in which we could develop critical masses of expertise.
We're concerned about renewing this research capability. We have to be very flexible and imaginative about the ways we'll use to facilitate this transition so that we can gain access to those researchers.