Thank you for the question.
There's a lot to say here so I'll limit myself to a few ideas.
First of all, student grants haven't increased for several years, so right now, students are quite frankly living below the poverty line. So that really needs to change.
Getting more young people into science and technology should be everyone's mission, and it's hard to do that right now. Scholarships alone will not do the trick. We also need to start early, and for that we need a national program to get young people interested in science and technology. Without that, we won't make it.
I would add that this isn't the first time the quantum field has changed our lives or been on the verge of it. It did that with the laser and today's computers. Without the quantum field, we wouldn't be talking to each other today on Zoom.
If we look at the results of that first quantum revolution, which happened around the 1950s, we can see that Canada doesn't have the requisite industries, including semiconductors, or businesses like Apple, Facebook and company. In research, Canada was there from the beginning of that revolution, but later on those industries didn't take hold in this country. They moved to the United States instead, and now they're in Korea and Taiwan.
So we need to invest more in research, but in a strategic way. We have to be ambitious and make choices. You can't excel at everything. That's why I really like the idea of moonshot programs. You have to choose the specific programs in which you will excel. Also, the entire chain, from basic research to marketing, should be a priority.