Thank you very much.
As you will probably hear by my accent, neither French nor English is my mother tongue. As soon as I start speaking you will realize that my mother tongue is Spanish, but I will address you in French, since there is terminology involved. That is easier for us right now.
On behalf of the rector of our university, Mr. Denis Brière, I thank the committee for welcoming Laval University's testimony.
I was introduced as a professor in the Department of Languages, Linguistics and Translation, which is true, but have no fear, I will not be making a purely academic presentation, devoid of pragmatism. I have been sent to appear before your committee because up until a month ago I had been the Director, for eight years, of the School of Languages at Laval University.
Allow me to give you some history in terms of language teaching at Laval University. It does relate somewhat to Mr. Brennick's presentation; Mr. Brennick is correct. In fact, the School of Languages at Laval University is a partner of—