I want to say “and”. It's about attracting the best and brightest from around the world, like our Nobel Prize winner and Dr. Bengio, who spoke earlier, who are both immigrants to Canada. That strategy works. However—the “and”—we also need a strategy that really focuses on the tools and the talent to create AI adoption. That's a different population and a different skill set, and it's not all science and technology.
My view is that, yes, we need international scholarship, but if you're looking at AI adoption, it's a different set of skills. We have not paid enough attention to developing those skills and providing that support.
Think about our student workplace placement program, the co-op programs and the support for student internships. We're sitting on a potential gold mine of mobilizing young people to get into SMEs. The kinds of skills needed to help an SME become more productive are not those of someone with a Ph.D. in computer science. We need a more comprehensive national skills strategy when it comes to AI.
Does that answer the question?