Science and Research committee  The work that the Naylor report did was important. It was completed five years ago. It sketched a road map for Canada, and there has been some significant action on that. I heard David Naylor's testimony last night, and I think he would concur that for a government report, much h

Science and Research committee  Well, I hate to sound like a broken record on this. You've noted our previous recommendations: It has to be sustained, scalable investments that put Canada at the front ranks. I agree with what Rob has said about the need to better coordinate and better align on strategy, but his

Science and Research committee  I've really enjoyed the conversation today, because we can look at the landscape over a decade or two and see that it was really a bold work of parliamentarians to create organizations like Genome Canada and CFI. One of the more recent ambitions and investments made has been in

Science and Research committee  Sure. I really appreciate the question, and I also really appreciate the work you did while you were in Nova Scotia. We should be doing both: investing in research, because it's really important that both the federal and provincial governments and the private sector invest sign

Science and Research committee  If I may, I'd like to ask Ann Mainville-Neeson to respond to your question.

Science and Research committee  I will point to a couple of things. Rob and Dr. Gerdts have alluded to them. Research is a global exercise, so we do expressly work across borders and boundaries of all kinds. In terms of attracting research talent, there have been some significant investments since 2018 to attr

Science and Research committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. It's a great pleasure to be with you, with all members of the committee, and with colleague witnesses, with whom we work all the time. Thanks for the invitation to participate in this important study and for the extraordinary work that all parl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll quickly jump in here. I know the time is short. I want to concur with my colleague witnesses. I also want to express thanks for the recognition of what the Government of Canada has done through the pandemic, because Canada has really done an extraordinary job against some

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What we have is an opportunity for communities large and small across the country. I would pick up on Larissa's point about the alignment between the federal government, the provincial governments, the local communities, and what their needs are. You are absolutely right, Monsi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm really glad you raised the issue of attracting and retaining students. Again, Canada's done some remarkably innovative things over recent years to increase the eligibility to work while you're a student, which not only provides income but gives you work experience and work-i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We always have to be alert to new mechanisms, new policies, that will enhance our competitiveness globally on this. There are huge opportunities with regard to francophone students from francophone Africa and elsewhere. I would note the large percentage of international student

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll jump in, and I'm sure Larissa and Francis will want to join as well. I think those very real-life examples are very pertinent to the committee. Of course, we're not going to comment on individual circumstances, but to go back to an earlier question in this conversation, the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would concur with Larissa's comments about the frontline operational realities. It's very important that we invest in that, very important that we train in that and very important that we align with the policy intent. The additional comment I would make is that we—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want to concur with what Larissa has just said about the frontline operational issues. We need to invest in those front lines, we need to train on those front lines, and we need to make sure that they're aligned with the policy intent of the Government of Canada. The other th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We are in a very competitive world, so we have to be at our absolute top of the game. We have two things to keep in mind. One is that Africa is still an emerging market for many countries. We have an opportunity to be best in class and to attract the best students we can. The se