I've sort of made this point during my speech, but the funding structure in Canada has evolved towards very large team grants, team grants like CREATE and like the CFI innovation fund. These programs are great and they have their purpose, but it's very important to note that these large team structures leave out a lot of people in Canada who are excellent scientists and just don't happen to be at the right university, for example, with a large number of people in a particular area or the critical mass. People are sometimes not included on teams because of, unfortunately, diversity and bias, which can sometimes enter into it. It's very important, if you want to fund the broad base of scientific strength in this country, that you also have open calls that are open to individuals and small teams, because these things will allow people to keep going.
On April 5th, 2022. See this statement in context.