Thank you, Madam Chair.
I thank the witnesses who are here with us today.
My first question is for Mr. Henry Burgess.
Last week, your colleague, Anne Barker, appeared before us. She is the director of the National Research Council of Canada’s Arctic and northern challenge program. She said that federal government underfunding was causing problems for allocations or determining who’s filling that space to fund research.
I’d like to hear your comments on that. Based on what you’re seeing first-hand, what are the consequences of the federal government chronically underfunding research in the Arctic?