Thank you for that really great question.
There are a number of challenges that are brought up by open science. In Canada, we do have this culture of collaboration and sharing, despite the competition. However, there are often barriers for people who want to share their data. It's less about the culture issues, compared to a very competitive place, such as where I was at MIT; it's more about that infrastructure.
Dr. Blais also mentioned the need for staff to manage research that is being done. These are a lot of positions to enable the sharing of data, but there is no funding for those types of research positions, especially in the smaller centres. Those are the centres that would really benefit from being able to share their data and also to take part in research. Those are some of the challenges around open science.
I'm aware, and I think it's fantastic, that the government has a federal road map for open science and that the tri-agency is taking steps to try and make this happen for all grants that are funded by federal research. It makes sense. This is research done with public money, and it should be shared.