Jennifer McKelvie

Thank you. Mr. Doyle, you pointed out that you are an optimist. I heard you say that. I wrote it down. I'm wondering if you could speak to what you see as the opportunities in mission-driven research and collaboration. What are those potentials for Canada to make its mark? In particular, how can colleges have a role in that?

Thank you, Madam Chair. My first questions are for Dr. Annan. Thank you for coming today. I took note of your four recommendations. Today is about governance, so I'm just wondering whether you can speak to Genome Canada's governance and oversight. Do you have a board? What does that look like?

Thank you. Dr. Michaud, you spoke very well to the importance of the strategic science fund. I know there are a lot of wonderful organizations covered by that fund. Bringing this back to governance and oversight of that fund, it's kind of always one-off funding and people coming and going. How can we better coordinate within that strategic science fund? For instance, who is working in that [more]

Thank you, Madam Chair. My first question is for Ms. Morin. I notice that you have experience in bioethics and law. This is about governance, and we did talk about balancing academic freedom with mission-oriented research, so I'm wondering what your thoughts are around governance of new and emerging technologies. I know that we always use AI as that example, but I think there are others, [more]

You spoke to the need for a science strategy, mission-driven research, coordination of priorities and ensuring uptake and commercialization. However, on that, I think my colleague also touched on the importance of academic freedoms. For example, in the stem cell space, researchers have done a very good job at using a technology with a lot of possibility for good and for human health. I know we [more]

Dr. Chan, can you outline your thoughts? Today's study is very much on governance. If we are to better align with mission-driven research, where do you see the opportunities around that, and how should we be governing that or making those decisions?

Mr. Speaker, we are creating high-paying jobs for young people with our investments in housing. Build Canada Homes will invest $13 billion in housing. It will catalyze new methods of construction, new jobs in factories, new jobs from coast to coast to coast, using Canadian materials, Canadian steel and Canadian lumber. Yes, that is trees to keys. It will get our youth working, and then they can [more]

Mr. Speaker, I was just wondering if the member maybe could share the importance of partnerships and building partnerships with municipalities, with provinces, with the non-profit sector and with indigenous communities, and comment on the fact that this really is a whole-of-government approach. We need all hands on deck if we want to build the housing Canadians need right now. In particular, I [more]

Mr. Speaker, that project involves clean energy, the creation of local jobs and economic growth. It was approved by the Canada Infrastructure Bank through an arms-length process led by non-partisan public servants. Even the Progressive Conservative government in Nova Scotia supports the project. It is easy to see why. It will create hundreds of good jobs for Nova Scotians, strengthen local [more]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians want action, not political games, and that is what our government is delivering. We are creating hundreds of local jobs, supporting communities and building energy projects and infrastructure projects from coast to coast to coast that power homes and grow our economy. The Conservatives opposite can keep talking on that side of the House, but we are about action.

Thank you for your work promoting, in particular, women in science. It was the Conservative government that noticed we had a problem there. It was Minister Ambrose who worked really hard to make sure the Canada excellence research chairs program was ensuring that women had a seat at the table in science, which is so very important. It is that Conservative woman's legacy we're really seeing start [more]