Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for appearing.
Mr. Groeneveld, you stated in your testimony that we—Canada—are in a trade race. Minister Sigurdson said the same thing, identifying countries, in particular, that we are racing to maintain our trade advantage with. You also said, “Innovation is the foundation”. Innovation occurs at the nexus of the private sector, academia and public research. Academia has come and basically testified that they are stretched, given the present situation in university funding. Can you comment on what the withdrawal or the reduction of public research does to that nexus? We have basic research, innovation, commercialization through....
By withdrawing another leg, what is the impact to both the protein cluster and agriculture, broadly speaking?