I'm sorry. I was just confused about the term “go around the table”.
I have a background in science, so I'm excited to be here. I think we should be aware that this is the science and research committee. It would be fun to go off in all directions. I formerly sat, for the last six years, on the natural resources committee, so we did a lot of studies around energy and things like that.
I would like us to concentrate more on fundamental and applied sciences and how Canada can excel in those areas. I think it would be great to start off with a broad study to teach us all about where Canada does well. There are areas like fusion technology and hydrogen where we are world leaders. I think we could have a study that would look at those successes, but also look at the challenges where science could use some help from the government.
I would like to start off with a broader study like that. When I sat on natural resources, starting in 2015, we started out with a big study on everything. It was oil, gas, mining, forestry and nuclear. When we first started this, I thought it was crazy and that we should be studying more focused things. After it was done, I thought, wow, it was so important for me, and I think for everybody on the committee, to really get a grounding.
We're in a brand new committee. I think it would be really helpful for us, and our duty, to start off with a broader study like that, to look at where Canada is doing well and how we can move that forward, but also to see where science and research need some help in Canada, where the challenges are.
That's what I would say.