As I mentioned earlier, the mobilization of knowledge creation is a global game. The world is very competitive. In order for Canada to succeed, we have to identify areas where we want to do research that is impactful and can solve problems that Canadians believe are very important for society. Forest fires is a great current-day example.
However, excellence has to be paramount and we have to be able to provide the support mechanism to back our scholars, whether undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs or faculty members, so they can produce the best research possible given the funds we have.