Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Racine and Ms. Boyer, thank you very much for being with us today.
I am trying to untangle the issue and to understand. On the one hand, there is a lot of talk about matching funds. In other words, the federal government can only provide financial assistance if the provincial government matches the funds. The federal government then provides additional assistance. On the other hand, the federal government can sometimes act on its own. This has happened in the case of the Université de l'Ontario français, for example, as well as in the case of Laurentian University, for which $5 million was apparently set aside.
I'm trying to figure out what's going on. Is it mandatory for the province to put money in, or can the federal government sometimes make a contribution even though there is no obligation on the part of the province?