Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you so much to our witnesses. It's wonderful to have the three tri-council funding agencies here together in person.
This is a question I'd like each one of you to answer from your perspective. On April 18 of this year, Dr. Dena McMartin of the University of Lethbridge told this committee that members of review committees responsible for awarding funding have to pass judgment on the institutional capacity of institutions. In her opinion, these review criteria pose a problem, as the experts are not in a position to make these judgments.
Do the evaluation criteria based on the host institution's institutional capacity cause inequitable funding decisions? What adjustments could be made to the peer review process?