The council on science and innovation is meant to provide that higher level of strategic direction for the science enterprise as a whole. It's important to remember, as this committee knows, that there are a large number of organizations, beyond the councils and even this more integrated structure, that are involved in science and supporting that in terms of knowledge generation as well as the downstream impacts of science. The idea with a council like that is it would draw on the insights of leaders in industry, academia and society to set some of those broad directions. Those would then cascade down not only to the council, to the new capstone, but also to other organizations that receive government funding, or even that don't, to give a bit more of a sense of direction in terms of where the country, as informed by these experts, seizes the opportunities and challenges that we need to be addressing.
This is still to be established as the council is stood up, but yes, it could be priorities on the basis of some really strong input from knowledgeable people across Canadian society and maybe internationally as well. It could also be more directionally around things like how we collaborate better internationally or how we better support talent in this country. There could be other kinds of thematics beyond just research priorities that come off that.