Thank you, and thanks again to Mr. Gaffield for being here once again. It's always a pleasure to have you and your expertise before us. Thank you for also pointing out that you feel that this study could have the most significant impact of any of our studies so far on the Canadian science and research scene.
Mr. Sousa made a statement that all students struggle. Just to counter that, I didn't struggle when I was a grad student. I was lucky enough to get an NRC scholarship. I predate the tri-councils in my career, but it was plenty for me to have room and board and all the things necessary. I didn't have to worry about working outside of the university.
You have a long history of working in the university scene, in the research scene at the national level, could you comment on the higher level of overall government investment for universities, both at the provincial and federal level? It seems to have declined over the last 20, 30 and 40 years. One of the side effects of that, of course, is the increasing tuition that students have to pay on top of room and board.
Could you spend a little time talking about that and how that plays into this whole question we're talking about today?