Mr. Coulombe, I have a question for you and I'm not asking you in your capacity of President or head of the NRC. Rather, I'm appealing to you as a wise observer of the world of science in Canada. If a young, 19-year-old Albert Einstein, or better yet, a young Richard Feynman, is spending his weekend washing cars in a Toronto suburb, then who is going to discover him? Who is going to recruit him? Which member of Canada's scientific community is going to notice that we need to invest in this individual?
On May 6th, 2008. See this statement in context.