Thank you for this opportunity.
What Minister Duncan has done is to come forward and say that we will withhold resources if we don't see the changes that we need to see in research. That's a bold statement.
To be able to say that we will...what is the genesis of this? We will be stronger if our research base is broader. If there's diverse thought around the table, if there are opportunities for those who may not have had the opportunity to engage in research—and I touch on it in my paper—it enables women to have a way in and to be supported while they are there. Truthfully, the challenges come with the gender bias that they seem to still experience in post-secondary and in the workforce.
It was really welcomed, that kind of statement, to draw light and to point the spotlight at it.