Thank you, Gilles.
To me there are two things that this government has done that have been particularly important. One, it has made sustained yearly increases in investment in R and D--and the word “sustained” here is extremely important, because you're talking about a community that's extraordinarily mobile. Star researchers can go anywhere in the world. They also have antennas, and the sustainability and the regular increases we've seen year after year by this government in science and technology have had a tremendous psychological impact in attracting and retaining talent in this country in research and development.
Two, it has created a number of programs, but particularly programs that are specifically geared to attract talent from outside Canada. And because, at the same time, you have this sustained investment in R and D, the international reputation of Canada is now that this is a country that believes in science and systematically invests in science. So this is a country they're interested in coming to. And that's why the other programs that the government has created to attract people have been so successful.