Instructions: You are economists working for a federal government department. Note that the department for which you work is NOT designated for you. You will need to decide the most appropriate department to which you will write the briefing note. The briefing note will thus need to be tailored to the mandate of the department that you choose, and it will be a "For Action/Recommendation" briefing note. The Cabinet needs to decide whether the Government of Canada should adopt a more equitable, diverse and inclusive awards and promotion scheme across all departments and agencies or adopt a meritocracy awards and promotion scheme. In particular, should Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) continue its current practices as outlined in the article below