I want to double-click a bit on this now, and then I want to layer on the misinformation around equity of hiring. As you rightly pointed out, there is no difference in quality when Canadians are well represented in research. You've made it very clear that there's never been a degradation in the quality of the research, the quality of the academics or academia and what the outcomes of that research are.
What is the added impact, positive or negative, when people believe that somehow science is being degraded or the quality of the work is being done more poorly, when we look to expand the number of folks in the research realm?
