When the federal government decides to invest in the knowledge economy... We know that investments will be made in infrastructure. Of the funding allocated to the Canada Research Chairs Program and to the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, very little is invested in francophone institutions because most of them don't have doctoral programs. They definitely will not receive any funding. In concrete terms, what are the consequences? The institution continues to exist, but it's the institution of the majority next door that will expand increasingly because it will be able to attract more promising researchers and so on.
The objective is really not to withdraw the funding we want to invest, but rather to see how, through compensatory programs, we can do simple things like invest in research and support the researchers at university institutions who, historically, must teach.
We do very little research. However, the teaching body is being renewed. Thirty years ago, it was normal for a professor in the region to engage solely in teaching. Today, young doctorate holders want to continue doing research. They need assistance and go to institutions where they'll give six new courses over three years, for example. An investigation conducted by the Commissioner of Official Languages two years ago on granting agencies provides figures on this. Unfortunately, the recommendations it contained were not followed. It was very specific: eight recommendations were designed to assist minority anglophones and francophones. Bishop's University could resemble what can happen for the minority francophone communities, where assistance can also be provided, in research in particular. There are other examples like these.