Thank you, Chair.
I would like to start off by thanking our witness for coming today and giving their presentations.
Our study is looking at the distribution of federal funding amongst Canada's post-secondary institutions. I think we've all agreed that the pie needs to be expanded, and this is why we're so pleased that our government has introduced the budget, which of course will be subject to a confidence vote, so we are not going to take anything for granted. However, the proposal obviously is to increase the pie in terms of research dollars.
I want to concentrate on practical solutions as to how this amount of funding should be distributed. One of the suggestions that I've heard from a researcher was that when the tri-council looks at applications for grants, those applications be blinded. In other words, there is no sign that an application is from a U15 institution or any other; that it isn't necessarily part of the application that the previous publications of a particular professor focused on.
What do you think about the possibility of blinding the review panel to the actual institution that is applying?
Can we go to Professor Larivière first, please?