Science and Research committee  I'll be very quick. There is a lot of documentation on the problems of scientific literacy. We have civil servants gathering together with six or seven people who are asked to make multi-billion dollar investments in very complicated scientific situations. It's a really big pro

Science and Research committee  Thank you Madam Chair. It's an honour to be with you today. The subject of your talk—the successes, challenges and opportunities for science in contemporary Canada—is one of the most paramount issues of our time. We live in one of the most scientifically intense times in world h