I am happy to answer this question, especially as we have just published online yesterday the results of our consultations with scientists and researchers, but also with those who fund research in Canada and abroad.
We are making good progress on the “Roadmap for Open Science.” Within the federal government, we asked that the various departments each have an action plan. They now have all had action plans for six months, and several have even posted them.
We now need to think about developing a countrywide approach, both inside and outside government. We are currently working on how best to do this in an internationally harmonized way, as most of the grants for coordinated research come from several places.
There is certainly a lot of support for open science from researchers across the country.