Canada's Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, announced on Thursday that the Canadian government is launching a new C$504 million (approximately US$362 million) research funding program to attract 48 top U.S. researchers, including those in climate and medical fields, to Canadian universities. This move comes amid an escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute and accusations that the U.S. Donald Trump administration has frozen federal research grants and politicized the academic environment, creating uncertainty for American researchers.