Yes, and my fear, I guess, is that if you limit academic freedom—this is a bit like what Ms. Ing has been saying—and if you start steering people in a direction, with companies saying that this is what they're expecting from you and it's not happening....
But also, for academics, if you start limiting the freedom with which they can explore, they go elsewhere, and I've heard this. I've had a lot of letters and e-mails since the changing of the grants. People are saying that their basic research grants are disappearing so they're starting to look elsewhere now, because they signed up for a job for academic freedom, not necessarily to serve industry. They say they don't mind partnering, but they don't want that to be their primary goal.
Are you having forums or discussions at Dalhousie regarding the nature of research at the university? Is it something that you explore often?