Science and Research committee  I would say that the chronic public underinvestment in post-secondary institutions is the underlying driver of why we are in this situation today. The cap implementation has been exceptionally challenging in terms of the implementation in a short time period. We are competing for talent from around the world.

Science and Research committee  We had an opportunity to have and continue to have important dialogue with the minister and his staff and officials at Immigration. They now hold regular town halls with the community to try to address the implementation issues. We did meet with the minister with our board vice-chair in collaboration with Universities Canada.

Science and Research committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Pari Johnston, president and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada, as of month three. I started in early December and I'm very pleased to be here. I'm here to talk about how we can improve the impact of college research through investment at scale and a reimagined approach.