I was probably about to say that the colleges and universities are also cultural pillars, not merely places where knowledge is passed on. I cited the example of the Campus Saint-Jean, which has a theatre and a choir.
To conduct research and create in French, you have to be able to aspire to a certain stability and have the opportunity to project yourself into the future. However, there is no such stability on the ground right now. How can we attract students to train the next generation of researchers at institutions whose very existence has recently been called into question?
However, every day as a professor, I see the major role that research plays for the next generation. That research helps to address the phenomenon of linguistic insecurity now eroding our communities.
I'm thinking of a student who had access to family archives in French. After her family had experienced assimilation for two decades, she was able to reconnect with French and promote that heritage. That's just one example among many.
I'd like to make three recommendations to promote the dynamic nature of research in French and to contribute to its legitimacy and visibility. Allow me to explain them briefly.
First, the government must make a long-term contribution to the funding of post-secondary institutions in the Canadian francophonie…