Thank you for your question about the impact of cuts to research. I think there are several.
One is that because of the poor funding environment, young people, whether physicians, nurses, or other health professionals, are not taking up careers in research, either full time or part time, to augment their practice impact.
Second, research teams are being wound up as we speak, and those individuals quickly move to other locations, most of them outside Canada, where such funding does exist.
Third, over the long term I think we create a negative impression of the value of research, and as a country we do not have the benefit of joining with other partners in collaboration on solving really universal health problems.