In my opinion, the main issue is that, without the infrastructure to develop a skilled workforce, our level of expertise in hypersonics won't improve. On the one hand, we have the workforce capacity issue, but on the other hand, we have the fact that, in order to develop hypersonic propulsion or hypersonic threat detection, we must have the means to conduct tests.
Moreover, a lack of this infrastructure in Canada will adversely affect industries seeking to make progress in these fields and our ability to understand threats posed in other places.