The ambition of the capstone has been about solving big challenges. It's been about interdisciplinary research, and it's mission driven. The difficulty is that, if we're going to take advice from the same people who would like to see more money for the disciplinary research of the type undertaken by the tri-council, this will not be new, and it will not be different. It will be the same thing under a different name. I think that's a missed opportunity.
On November 7th, 2024. See this statement in context.