Good evening, everyone.
I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to the tenthx meeting of the Standing Committee on Science and Research.
I'll just go over a few rules.
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Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to the House Order of November 25, 2021.
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I'd like to welcome our excellent witnesses tonight. This is exciting. It's the second study of this inaugural committee. The study concerns top talent, research and innovation.
For this first panel we first have Thomas Bell, professor, Imperial College London. From the Quebec Student Union, we have Jonathan Desroches, president; and from the University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs, we have David Wolfe, professor and co-director, innovation policy lab. We welcome you. We will be having five-minute statements from each of you.
With that, we will start with Professor Bell, for five minutes. The floor is yours.