Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thanks to our guests for coming to testify.
Mr. Padmos, you talked about the lack of funding for research, as a result of which young people cannot stay here to continue conducting medical research. It's not just the medical science field that is affected, but all the other sciences as well. I agree with you.
Earlier we talked about young people who want to become doctors. Mr. Ouellet said that one-third of physicians were 55 years of age or more. Ms. Duncan asked a good question on the average debt, which is approximately $160,000. Mr. Padmos said that that debt could influence their choice of specialty.
Does debt only influence the choice of specialty or can it make young people hesitate to study medicine?