Thank you, Madam Chair, and thanks again to the witnesses for being here. It's good to see you. It's good to see a couple of faces of old friends—Mr. Davidson and Ms. Johnston. It has been a while and I wish we could be there in person.
This is all very interesting. I have about 45 questions written out here. I'm going to start with Dr. Annan and maybe move to Mr. Davidson.
You mentioned, Dr. Annan, some of the challenges, about some of the research being fragmented and a lack of data sharing. I know from some experience that the academic research especially, and also I'm sure private sector research, is very competitive and cutthroat, and it's difficult to get people to co-operate. However, when we have these wicked problems, sometimes that can be put aside. I know I have seen some remarkable academic papers come out recently on conservation issues, which is my field, written by authors who would almost never talk to each other.
Is there a way that universities or organizations like Genome Canada can develop processes that bring these people together to do the important work that really needs to be done?