Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
The witness testimony is really quite interesting. A lot of themes were raised, including many of those brought to our attention this week.
Since my question focuses mostly on the area of research, my questions will initially be for professors Money and Marrie. That said, other witnesses may answer my question as well.
Like Ms. Sidhu, I attended this morning’s interactive round table on the state of celiac disease in Canada. We were told that, to reduce gaps between women and men in the field of health, research work is the key.
Scholarship amounts for higher education and postdoctoral studies haven’t increased for the last 20 years, but finally, there was an announcement this week on the subject. We managed to increase scholarship amounts for graduate and postgraduate researchers at long last. We’re talking here about a significant win for research. In fact, I want to highlight the work done by my colleague, Maxime Blanchette‑Joncas, the Bloc Québécois critic for science and innovation and a member of the Standing Committee on Science and Research.
How did those 20 years of underfunding, during which scholarship amounts didn’t go up, undermine research? We must take into account the fact that a substantial health research gap between women and men must be addressed.