Mr. Labrie, you are the Deputy Dean of the University of Toronto.
You told us about the francophones who go to study at your university, in particular, but there's a cost associated with that. I studied at Laval University. My tuition fees at the time were $500 a session. Now they are about $2,500. They're a whole lot higher at your university.
Laval University offers students accommodation for $272 a month, but it's more expensive at your university. My children studied in Alberta, and I can tell you that it's five times as expensive as in Quebec. They studied at the Faculté Saint-Jean, which was called the Collège Saint-Jean at the time and is now called the Campus Saint-Jean. For students from Quebec who want to go and study at an anglophone university, the fees are absolutely crazy. I have four children, and, having seen the bills coming in every month, I can tell you that those costs constitute a barrier.
Lastly, when a student applies for a scholarship from the Government of Quebec, it grants an amount based on Quebec rates, and not those of Ontario. The parent thus has to pay fees to enable the student to go and study at your university. You said that there were only 600 students, but there might be twice as many if your fees were the same as in Quebec, that is $2,500 a year. In those conditions, I think more students would be studying at your university. As a parent, I would say to you that cost is a substantial barrier.