Thank you very much.
I have had the good fortune of studying at Guelph, working at the vet college in P.E.I. and being a dean of the college at the University of Calgary and then in Saskatchewan. These are stellar institutions spread across the country.
The example of the peer review process that we undertake in understanding animal health and its connections to plant health, environmental health or human health under the rubric of “one health”, is something that truly brings the multiple disciplines together. If we are going to peer review that level of complex science, then we also need international peer review panels.
The Canadian peer review system stacks up against the best around the globe, whether it's the Germans, the Brits or the Americans. We do participate in international peer reviewing bodies. We contribute Canadian scientists into international bodies and we invite scientists from other countries to work with us.
I will give the example of a collaborative program between the German science council and the Canadian NSERC to fund the training of the graduate students in very interdisciplinary areas. That's where the German and Canadian peer review systems work together to adjudicate on those grant projects.