There are two significant areas that are important in the way we've approached the reductions.
First off, we used our strategic planning—which was already well under way and quite robust across the council—to make clear decisions about areas of research that are strong and have merit but that may not be at critical mass or as aligned with our plan. We made decisions to reduce there and to focus our areas of research so we can have maximum impact. We want research excellence to persist at the council, so we've had to make some choices. This means that areas of work the council carried for many years have been discontinued.
We will also be reducing our overall corporate internal services and providing efficiencies. That will be a very significant part of our reduction program.
Overall, our purpose here is to focus, unambiguously, on the country's priorities and to use our strategic plan, which is quite robust, to come up with solid answers on what we should offer as an organization, going forward.
