Thank you.
I'd like to continue with Dr. Gaffield on that line.
You talked about how Canada is falling behind, and you mentioned the number of Canadians with advanced degrees. As I recall, 3% of Swedes have Ph.D.s and it's less than 1% of Canadians. Germany is at 2%. We are falling behind there.
One of the things we've been hearing about at this committee and elsewhere in the House is that tri-council funding for graduate students hasn't been raised since 2003, so many are being lured or forced away to do their graduate studies elsewhere. They're living in poverty here.
I'm just wondering if you think that's important. Obviously it may not be the entire problem, but is that one thing we should fix sooner rather than later?