The universities in francophone Canada, first, are pleased with the investments in postsecondary education in general. It's a step in the right direction. That being said, we should perhaps be a little more sensitive to the impact of those systemic investments in programs aimed at excellence. And really, this all started quite some time ago. It favours the big institutions and attracts our students to the major centres. I am thinking about the Canada Research Chairs, the Vanier scholarships, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, and so on. The ability to respond to the needs of the communities is lacking.
I will give you a very concrete example. In the Hearst region, a very significant francophone region in northern Ontario, 50% of graduates received their diploma from the Collège universitaire de Hearst—170 students. That figure sounds insignificant, but if the bottom falls out, 50% of the graduates in the region will be affected and the brain drain will speed up.
You asked me to give you a concrete example: $8 million is going to be invested in scholarships to study translation, for example. That's fine. Why not spend part of that money to set up translation programs where we have long been asking for them, such as in Hearst? The two things are not mutually exclusive. That would allow all Canadians access to them. In places where there is specific demand, we can expand the programs. I think that's what is essential.