Ms. Lehtinen, I see a total contradiction between the government's measures and the messages it conveys. On the one hand, we're told that we want to be the best, and on the other hand, we're not providing the support we need to be the best.
We also note something else. Rather than helping people here who have a lot of potential, we are helping very talented people elsewhere. According to the latest budget, the government wants to invest $1.7 billion to attract foreign talent. However, the people here who do research, such as yourself, work in terrible conditions. Canada is not at the same international level as other countries in terms of the calibre of its laboratories and research centres.
Having discussed this subject with the researchers, I fear that all this is just a communication effect. We believe that universities, including high-prestige ones, will roll out the red carpet to welcome foreign researchers, who will come here for a few years and then leave. They might take a little safari photo from our labs and a few selfies, then post them on social media. Universities will get good press. Afterward, the government will hold press conferences about how Canada welcomes the best researchers in the world. Everyone will be patting themselves on the back.
Don't you think the message the government is sending breaks the chain that makes it possible to go from research to market, as you do so well, strengthen research and develop the entire ecosystem?