Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thanks very much to our presenters for being here with us this afternoon.
We all around this table know that health research and science and technology are priority areas for both government and the private sector. It's not an area that one has a greater interest in than others. It's something we're all very concerned about and are all trying to improve. We've had countless reports over the years that have shown how well collaboration between the public and private sectors has worked and how important that is, that as a matter of fact, it's probably critical to success in research.
I have a couple of questions, Dr. Rouleau. What are CIHR's current priority areas? How will this appointment help those priority areas? While you're talking about that, as a member of governing council, can you elaborate a little bit more on what kinds of decisions the GC makes and how you perceive that it's not a conflict? How will this fit in with furthering CIHR's goals and priority areas?