Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And thank you for that welcome. This is my first time here but hopefully not my last.
Today's presentations by our two witnesses were truly fascinating. Thank you both for being here.
Mr. Edwards, I have to admit I was under the same impression as your mother. I thought that scientists discovered things and that terra incognita was still a driving force in their research. But it's clear from your graph that everyone's at the same party, so to speak.
I fully realize that you are eager for Canada to take bigger risks as far as all those more or less neglected genes go. According to your graph, the United States, China and the European Union are working on the first 50 to 100 most popular genes, and Canada is working on all the rest, all on its own. Isn't that a bit of a heavy load for us to bear on our own?