Well, that's my point. Even when we talk about big science I hope that all of us are aware that to make big science work there are these key folks in the background who are doing the legwork. My research was in osteoporosis. Quite frankly, I could have dreamed of all sorts of great things, but if it wasn't for the technician measuring bone density, my work didn't go anywhere. That's what I would hope the panel would consider. It's the role that the technologists and lab folks are doing. We need big science in this country, but we need it across the sector.
In closing, the other day I heard retired General Dallaire comment that what was missing in the Canadian Armed Forces were not the big thinkers, but the technologists to adjust weapons. What he was saying is, I hope, parallel to what I just said. We need people who will apply the information and get things down to the “make them work” situation.