Yes, the key word is “ecosystem”.
And since we are talking about the international side of things, yesterday, we learned that the eminent Quebec researcher and microbiologist Gary Kobinger left Quebec to head the Galveston National Laboratory at the University of Texas. The main reason is that money is not an issue and they have many projects over there.
When you see that underfunding over the last 20 years is putting pressure on our ability to avoid a brain drain, are you concerned about the future? What can we do to stop this brain drain and make us an attractive place for scientists again?