Thanks very much, and thanks to both of you for being here.
Ms. Johnston, it's nice to see you in that role at CICan.
I'm a big fan of my local college, which is Durham College. They have a lot of infrastructure, actually, in our community across Durham region. They have an EV innovation hub. They have the centre for food and they have the skilled trades innovation centre. They have a social innovation hub and an AI hub. They're doing just incredible things. I see them as a real asset to our innovation ecosystem, and I think all colleges and polytechnics are assets in that innovation ecosystem.
One thing that I know impacts this is that years ago there was a stream of funding for infrastructure for post-secondary institutions that helped colleges develop these kinds of really innovative facilities and purchase the technology, install the equipment, etc. I feel like that investment needs to now get leveraged. It goes back to something that was being talked about earlier.
I wanted to know whether you've done any assessment as to how not having applied research funding may lessen your ability to leverage those infrastructure investments from past years. Do you have any comments on that?