Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to remind my colleague Mr. Adler that in the 1950s, President Eisenhower's Republican government was very proud to see the number of unionized workers increase by 2 million in the United States. However, as they say, things have changed a great deal since then.
We welcome a lot of very interesting witnesses. I am somewhat frustrated to have only five minutes to put questions to them. I am going to address my questions to Ms. Cannon and Mr. Davidson, and they will be on research in the academic sector.
I had the great privilege of meeting a person I consider a heroic figure in Canadian research, Mr. Louis Fortier, who founded ArcticNet. Mr. Fortier, it must be said, has no problem speaking his mind. He told me, as a point of interest, that the network of relationships in the university research environment, and even outside of it, is a great source of pride for Canada. It is one of the things that people sat up and took notice of throughout the world. However, when it comes to financial support, our performance is weak.
What do you think of what Mr. Fortier said to me?