The committee did not succeed as much as the system thought it would. President McCauley has also made a comment that the committee was left to the relationship of the leaders of the individual organizations to work together and develop programs; however, there have been successes in creating interdisciplinary large-scale programs through that particular body.
If we really want to achieve the type of integration and coordination within our system to eliminate the gaps between various funding players and the innovation leaders within Canada, we need to have a very robust governance system in place in the organization that will demand that level of integration and coordination.
CRCC did what it could within the mandate and the scope it had, but it did not have the type of empowerment to undertake large-scale changes to the system. That's what my impression and understanding is.