Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses. Thank you to the members opposite as well.
Since this committee is about government funding for research and academic excellence, I will focus my questions on where the grant should go and how better use of that grant can be made. I will start with the heavily talked about question of DEI in this session.
My question is for Dr. Karram.
You said in your evidence that drawing a balance is an important thing that we need to keep in mind when federal funding comes into question. Here is my question for you. When there's DEI, it's a mandatory condition put by the government on educational institutions. How do you think a balance can be drawn for researchers who do not want to disclose that information? If they disclose that information, they risk not getting that funding or not having their application approved. How would you respond to that?