Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Vats, if I heard you correctly, you said that students play a critical role for the scientific ecosystem, as they do research, which leads to innovation. I also understood from what you told us that you would not have any great answers for us today about the fact that the federal government has not indexed graduate scholarships for 20 years now.
As the assistant deputy minister for science and research, if you cannot answer, who can answer that for us?