Through the chair, my response would be that I would be very concerned about Canada's falling further behind our OECD colleagues. I referenced the countries that we are closest to. I think that what we see is the U.S. accelerating. We see Japan accelerating, and we see countries like Finland accelerating. Now is the time to be investing in post-secondary education, and we are an outlier. Certainly that's in both the provinces and the federal government, but the federal government plays a really important leadership role in setting the tone for research and development in this country.
On June 13th, 2023. See this statement in context.