It's a shame to see that. He's not the first, and he won't be the last, to leave Canada for positions with, say, a better funding opportunity in the United States or Europe. In recent years, we've seen a decrease in the number of highly qualified researchers, from about nine out of every thousand to eight out of every thousand. That's a considerable drop in the number of researchers working in Canada.
Funding opportunities are also more attractive in the United States. As I said, the U.S. invests about three times as much in research and development as Canada, and the best Canadian researchers are attracted to positions there.
Indeed, it's very worrying.