Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm also happy to talk about the issue of housing, specifically when it comes to affordability. Mr. Chair, do you know how many new investments the last federal budget made in housing? None. Same thing for graduate scholarships, with no new investments over the last 20 years.
I don't mind asking questions and going around in circles, but I really want us to talk about the subject at hand, which is graduate scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships.
The government sponsored the Bouchard report, which was released by the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System. Recommendation 6 of the report calls for competitive support on the global stage for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, thus recognizing their essential role as the future leaders of scientific innovation.
Mr. Johnson, do you think that meeting demands to support our sciences represents an acceptable minimum threshold to achieve an internationally competitive level of funding?