Yes, absolutely.
Major investments are being made in super clusters and areas of advanced expertise through the Canada first research excellence fund, the Canada excellence research chairs program and the new frontiers in research fund.
These are extremely promising investments that help in developing advanced areas. However, they also create an imbalance. In addition to funding, there has to be a genuine investment in granting councils that have mechanisms to ensure diversity and fairness in research funding.
I'd like to cite another figure.
We talked about talent. Talent is developed through student participation in research, by training the next generation. Students are supported by scholarships but also research grants awarded to researchers who then hire those students.
A study conducted in 2017 showed that 56% of students, more than half, are trained at universities where only one quarter of resources are allocated to research. The concentration of funding in the hands of researchers will also cause an imbalance in the ability of students who aren't in those major areas to participate in projects.