I, myself, as a scientist.... Of course, the first thing I looked into was the assurance that the discovery research will remain where it is and continue to thrive and to have successful examples, such as that of Professor Hinton, who publicly thanked NSERC for the support when his work was very theoretical.
We give fairly small grants. If people really want to mobilize their knowledge, then they're encouraged to go into partnerships—for example, with industry—through the alliance program that we have to apply to CIHR, to SSHRC, and to these interdisciplinary programs. I think it's a real opportunity for our researchers in natural sciences and engineering, indeed across the three disciplines, to unleash their talents in this new, modern, mission-driven...so I don't think we should be afraid of that term. It's not like a military mission. It's a mission to do something for society, to help Canadians.