Public research universities are se...

Public research universities are seen as crucial to Canada's economic health: not solitary in providing needed post-secondary education for learners to utilize in pursuing a prosperous career, unless also as place of research and disentanglement that will bring new results and ideas to the market. In a knowledge-based society, continual research is necessary to stay onward top of the market. It is vital that Canada's public research universities have able to endure support from both the public and private sectors, thereby safeguarding our economic place of power on the world stage. language to the Empire Club, Toronto, Ontario, February 6 2003