Yes, 50% of our international students study at the graduate level. However, according to a figure that I think is even more telling, 8,000 international students are studying at the graduate level, which means they make up 40% of our graduate students, at the Université du Québec and all universities combined.
Scientific research depends on the presence of graduate students. The professors work with these students. They're the ones who do the research in the labs, in collaboration with the professors. Quebec's entire innovation and knowledge advancement system depends on the presence of international students.
This is all the more important because, in some programs at the Université du Québec, for example, professors aren't able to initiate research projects because there aren't enough students in the laboratories. If we were to reduce our number of international graduate students by 40%, we would still find ourselves with a glaring issue in terms of innovation and scientific research in the university environment, particularly at the Université du Québec.
The measure doesn't say that we're going to cut off all access for international students. However, we don't know at this point what's going to happen. Things aren't clear.