It’s essential. One of the challenges we face today is that we don’t really have a system that works together. There are universities across the country, there are public and private research centres, but there’s no real way for us all to work together.
I think it’s not just the fact that we’re closing research centres that’s problematic. It’s also the way they’re being closed. It’s the fact that there isn’t really a plan for the next few years. A decision has been made, and there’s an obligation to act and find solutions in the coming weeks. The impact would have been less severe if the government had told us that, in the coming years, we would be required to make cuts and work together. However, that is not how the decision was made.