Thank you for your question.
I do recognize that there are going to be some challenges for farmers. These centres.... We often look at science as something that is both abstract and not living. However, the issue, of course, is knowledge mobilization, and that is conducted by humans, through human-to-human contact. Farmers in Saskatchewan—I used to live there—relied not necessarily on science but on people providing the science, and that tends to lead to trust. If you trust the person who's communicating the science to you, as a farmer, you feel less vulnerable. I would argue that the closure of some of these research centres—and I was actually just in Saskatchewan a few weeks ago—will end relationships that allow knowledge mobilization to occur.
I'm not suggesting that universities can't do that. In fact, like Dr. Cranfield, I'm actually part of the university. I do think we can provide some support, but there's certainly a breach, obviously, in terms of trust. That has to be rebuilt, and that takes years.