Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to return to Mr. Kennedy. Actually I completely forgot to tell him that, while I was at high school in Montreal, I was the curling skip. We won the silver medal for the Montreal area. It was not at the national level, but it was quite good. I think I was a natural for curling with my curly hair. There were 16 teams at the time.
Mr. Malloy, my youngest daughter is a student at one of your member universities. We know how important research universities are. They are a bit smaller, but they do research on a whole range of subjects. It is extremely important. She had a fantastic experience as a student. She went to Bishop's University and enjoyed very strong ties with the professors there. Now she is studying abroad, in Mexico. It is her term abroad.
There are of course the big universities such as the University of Toronto, McGill and UQAM, but we must also recognize the importance of the universities that your alliance represents, because they offer the majority of students right across Canada a great experience.
In your third recommendation, you call on the government to support the recommendations of the Naylor report. What are the objectives of the universities you represent? This is your opportunity to tell us.