I think university budgets are of considerable importance in terms of where their budget comes from. It is true that in most universities across Canada the amount of base budget to support tenured faculty is fairly flat, if not even in decline. That puts a lot of onus on the universities, and I'll mention the hospital-based research institutes, many of which do not have tenured faculty. This requires new lines of revenue. It's always a balance, and I would say that bringing more external funding, in a competitive way, for top-ranked talent—in this case, researchers—to support tenure-track positions would be a great investment.
Enabling universities to have that kind of salary support and initial funding.... All the universities in Canada today are struggling with that. Again, I think it would be strategic. It should be aligned, in my view, with some of the key priorities that the federal government sees as their areas of innovation, and I believe it can really be a great opportunity today in Canada.