One of the opportunities we have now as a result of what you mentioned is for Canada to play a leadership role in the world. The challenges we're facing have what we might think about as domestic articulations, but they're global. Canada has the possibility, given its history and a few things I can mention, to offer, on some level, to convene a global research effort. I think the example of oceans that my colleague suggested is one example of that. In fact, Canada does play a leadership role there.
On the world stage, what I've noticed is that Canadian leadership is often welcomed. We're seen as good chairs of international research teams. We're seen as very effective leaders in mobilizing diverse interests and finding often what you might think of as the “sweet spot” in collaborations to advance things quickly. It seems to me that the opportunity for us now is to use some of our strengths, which I don't think are at the scale we need but have some potential. If we offer that internationally, we can leverage from around the globe.
That's why this is exciting, and we're hopeful to see, for example, Canada's negotiations finish with Horizon Europe, which would be a great thing. There's a big world now, and there are opportunities for us around the world.
Canada could, as part of its moon shot thinking, say, “You know what? Let's try to make an outsized contribution to the world's problems.” We have some contributions to make. Frankly, given the importance of climate change and this digital transformation, I think we have some strengths that position us well to play those global leadership convening roles.
My sense, at least, is that there is enormous potential, and our challenge is to say what we can do systematically to move us there.