Thank you, Ms. Wagner. I completely agree with you that merit should be recognized and rewarded. However, when we look at, for example, the Canada Research Chairs' allocation process, we see that the process is based on an analysis of the research funding awarded to universities over the past three fiscal years. This allocation process is reviewed every five years. As a result, a university without a significant research history can't access funding.
I would like to hear your thoughts on this. How do small and medium‑sized universities that don't have an exemplary funding history manage to obtain funding in order to make their mark and compete with the large universities, in particular the 15 largest universities in Canada, which receive 79% of all research funding in the country?