On June 6, the new House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research tabled its first ever report, as part of its study on “Successes, Challenges and Opportunities for Science in Canada”. The Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences (CSMB) was one of sixteen organizations that submitted a written submission as part of the consultations. The Committee held meetings over the course of three months, which CSMB closely followed, hearing from science and research organizations, post-secondary institutions, companies and government departments.
CSMB welcomes all 13 of the recommendations made to government, and is pleased that two of our recommendations were specifically referenced in the report:
- That the government increase investment in science and discovery research by 25%; and
- That the government increase its investment in the Research Support Fund, over four years, to an additional $478 million.