Kevin Stinson, Bettina Hamelin and Kim Neudorf made statements and answered questions.

At 12:07 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:16 p.m., the meeting resumed in camera.

It was agreed, — That, given the mandate of the Standing Committee on Science and Research includes reviewing and reporting on matters related to the Chief Science Advisor, the Committee invite Dr. Mona Nemer, Chief Science Advisor of Canada, to appear for no less than two hours to discuss her mandate and other related matters; that this meeting take place on or before November 3, 2025; and that the Committee report its findings and recommendations to the House following the meeting.

It was agreed, — That, regarding the study on how to best promote and grow private sector investment in research and development in Canada, that parties submit their list of witnesses, in order of priority, to the clerk of the committee, no later than Thursday, October 23, 2025.

It was agreed, — Considering that the three granting councils, namely the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), as part of the study on the impact of federal funding allocation criteria on research excellence in Canada, have informed the committee of an additional deadline required for the transmission of the data requested by the motion adopted on October 1, 2025.

That the three federal granting agencies transmit to it the disaggregated data of all applications submitted, whether funded or unfunded, for all students and professor funding programs from the master’s level for applications made between 2000 and 2025. That this data includes (1) demographic data of applicants and collaborators, including applicants’ responses to the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) questionnaire, (2) the institutions and departments of applicants, including the institutions of collaboration, (3) the language of the application, (4) all data regarding the type of application and project content (application year, grant program, discipline, title, summary, amount requested by the applicant), as well as (5) the identity of the evaluation committee, comments, opinions, scores assigned to applications for each criterion, and (6) the outcome of the application and the amount awarded.