Thanks very much, Mr. Chair; and tremendous thanks to this panel. It's clear that much of the leadership in quantum computing in Canada resides with you and we're very grateful to have you join us today.
I would love nothing more than to crack into an exciting discussion about the details of the work you do in your labs and how quantum computing works and will work. On that note, I just want to say thanks to the committee's analysts. I think it was Sarah and Scott who provided the very helpful working paper that made the concepts of quantum computing accessible to committee members, so thank you to the analysts. However, the committee unfortunately today is more focused on governance and creating the conditions for you to be able to do your work and to get Canada to where it needs to be, rather than on the details.
I want to come back to this question. It has been raised a few times, but it needs to be raised again, about the talent pipeline. The global context of cybersecurity and international security is changing and becoming more complex by the day, and Canada needs to be competitive in these fora.
This is your opportunity to be very specific to the committee about what this national quantum strategy has to do to support the talent pipeline. Does the funding that has already been mentioned cover the cost of recruitment and training, marketing and other things? Is more money needed? Exactly how would you see a strategy like this, a national strategy, being effective in creating a talent pipeline?
I would open that question up to anybody to answer.