Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to our witnesses.
We are so pleased to have our witnesses here with us today. This is a very interesting subject, a new direction for the Canadian economy and the way to get to zero deficit. Of course, we are talking about the role of the state, but also that of the private sector. It will also be very interesting to discuss the research that is taking place in post-secondary institutions.
My first question is for Mr. Rousson, who is representing the Université du Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, or UQAT, and who talked about the investments made by the federal government since 2015. According to the information I have here, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada provided almost $15 million in funding to UQAT in the areas of natural sciences and engineering. We know that our government has provided the most funding to our research organizations in our country's history, particularly since the 2018 budget.
Mr. Rousson, can you tell us what type of funding you received and how it was used?
Could you also talk to us about grants from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation? This is another important source of funding. I know that UQAT has received grants from it as well.