Welcome to meeting number 60 of the Standing Committee on Science and Research.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders. Members are attending in person in the room. We are all in the room today. We're not on Zoom, so we can dispense with those comments and get to our study.
Please wait until I recognize you before speaking.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here and for waiting for us to do our voting duty in the House.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(i) and the motion adopted by the committee on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the committee resumes its study on the use of federal government research and development grants, funds and contributions by Canadian universities and research institutes in partnerships with entities connected to the People's Republic of China.
It's my pleasure now to welcome our witnesses today.
From the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, we have Alejandro Adem and Manal Bahubeshi.
From the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, we have Christian Baron, vice-president of research programs.
From the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, we have Ted Hewitt back. It's good to see you, Ted. We also have Valérie La Traverse, vice-president of corporate affairs, and Valérie Laflamme, associate vice-president of TIPS.
You'll each have five minutes for your opening remarks. We can get right into that now, starting with NSERC.