Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses.
I am very concerned about the rising problem of anti-Semitism on university campuses. I do want to focus in this round on some of the potential linkages between that and questions on research funding.
Just to put the problem in perspective, first of all, it's been reported that there were over 5,700 anti-Semitic incidents in Canada in 2023, and it is deeply troubling to see a substantial number of those incidents happening on university campuses, with very anti-Semitic statements made by certain groups, for example, as well as various incidents.
I wanted to ask, just in terms of research proposals, is it fair to say that you have a process whereby you would seek to screen out research proposals that promote racist or other discriminatory ideas or narratives? Would that apply to anti-Semitism as well?
Maybe Dr. Hewitt is a logical place to go to with this.