Thank you, and thank you to the witnesses for being here and for the young researchers for witnessing all this, as well. It really means a lot to us.
I'm going to start with Dr. Andrade.
It's good to see you. I think we last saw each other at the entomological congress in Vancouver last year, so it's nice to see you here in Ottawa.
I really like the way you framed this situation where you pointed out that it's grad students who do the work. People do the work, and then if the government says that research, science and innovation is a priority, then naturally people should be that priority. Also the system is a filter, and it's not filtering based on talent, it's filtering based on ability to pay through other means. That leaves so many people behind.
I'll give you a couple of minutes to expand on that.