The Canadian Policy Research Networks will not be pursuing legal recourse with respect to our contract. We think it's much more valuable for us to continue to contribute our resources in the area of knowledge rather than fighting a legal battle that's lopsided in terms of size. I don't think it's in the best interest of any of us to go that way. It's much more important to talk about what's going to be substituted and how that can be improved.
If we think policy capacity is there within government to perform in a way that the outside, third-party research does, I don't think that's possible. I can say that not only as the president of a think tank, but as a professor of public policy over many decades and as a deputy minister in provincial governments, where I observed first-hand the policy capacity that exists not only in the federal government but across this country.
It is a difficult situation in Canada. We are thin on the ground when compared to OECD countries and certainly when compared to our neighbours to the south. The intellectual capital that exists in Canada to give good advice is quite thin on the ground, so this is a significant blow.