If you have no one coordinating, it's a bit like the old Yogi Berra saying: if you don't know where you're going, chances are you're going to wind up somewhere else. If you don't have someone coordinating our science approaches, it's a little like having a cabinet without a Prime Minister.
What do you think is in store for science down the road in Canada, given that we've made a rather radical decision here that is almost unprecedented, save and except for the United States?