Ms. Ashton, I'm sorry, but you have gone way over your time. I didn't want to interrupt you. I let you finish your question.
Mr. Lacroix and Mr. Bourdon, you may not be used to this. You may have appeared before, Mr. Lacroix, but you haven't, Mr. Bourdon. The meeting was cut short as a result of the vote. We started again late, and then there were objections, as we heard and as you saw. I ask that you let us know in writing what else you would have wanted to say. We value both your written and oral testimony. Please send the information to the clerk, who will pass it on to everyone.
I would like to briefly take advantage of my privilege as chair to ask you a question about statistics, for the committee's benefit. The question is for Mr. Lacroix, but perhaps Mr. Bourdon can answer it as well.
You said earlier that 35% of federal funding goes to anglophone post‑secondary institutions, compared to 65%, down to 61%, for francophone institutions. I rounded off the figures. How can the numbers be broken down to determine what portion of this funding is tied to official languages? I'm not asking you to do doctoral research. However, if you have the figures, how much of that money is tied to official languages?
Other parts of this funding focus on science and technology. If you have these figures, it would be good to know how federal funding for francophone and anglophone post‑secondary institutions is divided between science and technology programs and official languages programs. Do you understand my question?