Thank you, Madam Chair.
Allow me to move a motion related to the study at hand:
That the committee request the three funding councils—namely, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)—to appear before the committee, during the study on the impact of federal funding allocation criteria on the excellence of research in Canada, to provide testimony on this matter. That the committee allocate one hour for their testimony.
I've already discussed this with my colleagues. The people concerned have already been invited, but they unfortunately don't seem to prioritize their appearance before the committee. I find it unthinkable that people—