This morning the review was released and you can read it in its entirety here: http://www.sciencereview.ca/eic/site/059.nsf/eng/home
Some of the recommendations from the report include:
· Legislation to create an independent National Advisory Council on Research and Innovation
· Wide-ranging improvement to oversight and governance of the four agencies, including the appointment of a coordinating board chaired by the Chief Science Advisor
· Significant reinvestment (cumulative base increase from $3.5 billion to $4.8 billion):
o Investigator-led research operating grants (the highest priority)
o Enhanced personnel supports for researchers and trainees at different career stages
o Targeted spending on infrastructure-related operating costs for small equipment and Big Science facilities; and
o Enhancement of the environment for science and scholarship by improved coverage of the institutional costs of research