Thank you for that question, which is an important one.
All the programs we cut had very few long-term students. There had been two or three students per year in each of those programs over the previous 5 or 10 years. It was very difficult to support those programs even with the additional grants. In addition, classes with only two or three participants don't provide the best environment for students.
Laurentian didn't single out the programs that had to be terminated; it was the students who did so by showing a lack of interest in them year after year. We obviously retained the programs in which students were interested and that enjoyed high enrolment. This situation will also be an opportunity for us to establish new programs that are popular with students.
Lastly, it's important to draw a distinction between programs and courses. From a linguistic standpoint, in theatre and arts, for example, we will continue to offer a good range of courses. These are simply four-year programs that will no longer be offered at our university. However, we will continue offering exhaustive study programs in English and French. I should note on that point that we made cuts on both the English and French sides. There was no preference. The decisions we made were similar in both cases.