In our view, there is clearly some urgency. Of the acceptable grants put before CIHR for funding, less than 25% were funded; that, to us, is a significant mark.
My association is currently doing an assessment of what we describe as scientists at risk. They are both PhD scientists and physician scientists who are at risk across the country. We estimate there are several thousand of them; they are people who rely on grants and on other kinds of support. If that doesn't flow, many of those people are in jeopardy, because they have no other funding to fall back on.