Thank you kindly, Chair.
Thank you to all our witnesses today. It is an honour to be here, with all the knowledge and intelligence that is on display with the presentations. We're very blessed by that.
Dr. Murphy, I'd like to start with you. You touched a little bit on the pandemic and some of the challenges that brought, but even more urgent and more timely right now is the tension in eastern Europe. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on the potential impact on research. What could possibly happen with some of the siloing effects from the tensions in eastern Europe? What might that mean for research here in Canada? Do you have any comments on the potential drawbacks—or maybe even some of the potential upside with some of the Ukrainian community coming to Canada?
Perhaps I can get your general thoughts on that, Dr. Murphy.