Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to welcome the witnesses who are with us for our study this evening.
Mr. Johnston, it's a pleasure to welcome you to the Standing Committee on Science and Research.
In your remarks, you told us about a strategy aimed in particular at encouraging innovation. The strategy would bring international students to Canada and send Canadians students to study outside the country.
I am trying to understand the way you are describing the situation. What I see is based on the following facts. Canada is the only G7 country that has reduced its investments in research and development between 2000 and 2020. It is also the only G7 country that has lost researchers over the past six years, who are potential students. In addition, graduate scholarships for foreign master's and PhD students have not been indexed since 2004. How can you ride a bicycle, if you are missing a wheel, or if you don't have a bicycle at all?