Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Dr. Nemer and Dr. Runte, for being the first witnesses on the Standing Committee on Science and Research. It's very exciting.
Our future priority in Canada, our prosperity, if we're ever going to move away from oil, gas and mining, which is such a big driver of our GDP, is going to be innovation. It's going to be big, bold ideas and a sense of urgency that get us there.
Right now, we're ranked not near the top but somewhere near the bottom. The Trudeau and Paul Martin governments had wanted us to be in the top five.
My first question is for Dr. Runte.
How are we going to get to number five in this nation?