Thank you very much, Mr. Cannings.
Yes, in fact we represent universities from ACCRU, from U15 and another sort of mid-level layer as well.
Canada has a very well-respected research ecosystem, but it is just that—an ecosystem. We do need the research-intensive universities to be doing the excellent research, but we also need to recognize that excellent research is happening at the smaller institutions as well.
I think there are elements and principles that we want to hold on to. I do think that having merit-based, peer-reviewed competitions is extremely important to ensure that the best research, the right research is being funded. On the flip side of that, we need to help build the capacity in the smaller institutions so that they can put forward proposals that will be competitive.
I think it is a constant question of adjusting, managing and seeing, to make sure that our ecosystem remains strong.