—warning that Canada's research councils will likely see 10,000 to 15,000 jobs lost in the next few weeks if they are not granted access to some form of federal support. The federal government can avoid those layoffs by granting the research institutes based in health care organizations access to the Canada emergency wage subsidy on the same terms and conditions as other industries.
This is why we are urging the government to do this today and to treat us equally. This could be done by a simple change of regulations, a minor change that would give Canada's health researchers the security they need to weather the storm of the present crisis.
Now I'll pass it on to my colleague, Dr. Brad Wouters, to say a few words from his perspective.