He also said that we need to do more in applying the results of this research into developing new ideas, new products, new companies that will support the new economy in this country. And that's what CIHR is all about. We are about recognizing and finding excellence, of developing partnerships with all those who want to work with us to move forward on this common front. This is an extremely exciting time for Canada, for the health care system and for research in this country. Of course people is what drives the research agenda.
People is what makes things happen in the high tech sector and the knowledge based sector.
We need to develop a culture in Canada that attracts the best and brightest young people back to Canada, that provides an atmosphere, an environment for an established, well recognized international leadership in the research community. To not only assess what they can do now but to actually have the possibility of thinking big. Thinking about the next 20 years. About the opportunities, scientifically, without being held down by the shackles of financial constraints. So this is indeed an important moment.