Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the members of the committee for allowing me to sit with them and ask questions.
Thanks to the witnesses who are here with us.
First of all, allow me to provide a bit of history. My mother holds a bachelor's degree in social work from the Université de Hearst, which is affiliated with Laurentian University, as is the University of Sudbury. Your affiliation or federation plan is very interesting. It's sort of what people wanted: a kind of campus or satellite university.
My first question is a practical one, further to that of Mr. Choquette, and concerns the January 15 date and what would happen afterwards.
Let's say the federal government responds to your request and gives you 50% of the required amount, which is $8 million this year. Since you said you've already received $1.5 million, there would be a serious shortfall. Next year, in 2019-2020, you'd need $12 million, and the federal contribution would be $6 million. Suppose the federal government contributes up to 50% of the amount over the next four years. Could the project nevertheless advance without the province making a contribution?
Would that be tantamount to letting the province off the hook so it might respond by saying that the federal government need only provide its full contribution? What does that mean for you?