DEI in universities...? I'm commenting on the Canadian research council's.... The Canada research chairs program, for example, has restricted hiring to particular racial and sexual groups. I'm commenting on the diversity statements in which, if you affirm your commitment to DEI, your application is rated more favourably. That's what I'm talking about in terms of applying ideology to the allocation of research.
I don't know whether I've answered your question or understood it correctly—maybe I should have kept it in French rather than going to the translation—but what I would say is that, just because people say, “Don't vote for so-and-so”.... The definition of what is political.... What I'm saying is that, when you talk about how you will promote diversity and equity in your research, that is political, even if you don't say, “How will you promote voting for the Liberal Party?” The definition of “political” is not narrowly focused upon party politics.
On political ideologies, I mentioned that survey data shows very clearly that attitudes to DEI divide, very heavily, based on who you vote for and how you identify on a left/right axis. That means they are political, so I think this is a bit of semantics in what we heard, really, the idea that this isn't political. It very much is.
I hope I answered your question.