People ask me about where the funding for research goes, and primarily it goes to people, to students and trainees. I think around three quarters of the funding for NSERC goes to people, so it's important that they be adequately supported.
Obviously, areas such as computer science and electrical engineering, which are competitive areas where the market has a lot of demand, require competitive offers. As a professor at UBC, we struggle to make offers that are competitive when competing with universities in the U.K., Europe and the U.S. I think it's important for us to maintain competitive stipends and support for students. We certainly all agree on that, and Canada has so much to offer as a country, and our universities are wonderful institutions, centres of knowledge and innovation, so it is important for us to support these young people as best as we can.