Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to all for coming.
Mr. Carmichael, one of the problems we have in this country with university research is that we do some really great research, but a lot of it never reaches the marketplace. Is there a danger, if we begin to orchestrate where moneys go, that we will start to stifle that type of research that is just raw research?
The industry committee travelled a number of years ago. We noted that there really are a lot of interesting people who work in some of the universities who just are given the free expression to go and explore.
But isn't there a danger that what will start to happen is that governments will say, yes, we will allow this type of moneys to be noted as...but they get their hands involved, and they get their will involved, and the next thing you know they start to say which direction universities go on research?