Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
My first questions will be for Mr. Robinson.
Mr. Robinson, in the latest report from the Canadian Association of University Teachers, CAUT, you said the following concerning posts–pandemic recovery:
If “normal” means a return to an increasing erosion of the academic job in favour of precarious contracts with little to no benefits, we need to envision a new normal.
If I understand correctly, the phenomenon you are describing is a precariousness that impacts people. What is the impact of that precariousness on talent attraction and retention in academics? How are universities, in general, overcoming that precariousness?
Finally, how can the federal government help reduce precariousness, or how can it increase talent attraction and retention?