Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses, especially to the two who are here in person. It's great to see some people for a change, as opposed to seeing everybody on Zoom.
As we're going through this study, I'm not opposed to anything we're doing. We're trying to find out how we can create better French research in Canada. One of my concerns, though, is that it sounds like, because science and research are done internationally a lot of times....
What are other countries doing to promote the French language? As Mr. Cannings said, in France, they're even changing significantly toward English. That's what I'm concerned about. What are other countries doing?
I'm sure that what we're doing here in Canada will assist, but are the researchers still going to publish in French when, internationally, they might not get the same kinds of awards or recognition?
My first question would be to Mr. Normand and Ms. Pilote. What's your opinion on that?
That's for whichever of you would like to start off first.