Without taking quotas into consideration, I would point out that a number of measures have made it possible to come up with programs focused specifically on research in French in francophone minority communities. Researchers had been able to obtain funds to work on specific research topics. When these funds were no longer available, researchers had trouble finding funding for their research through the regular competitions. That measure ought to have continued.
The CIHR recently adopted a measure to require that the success rate of applications in French submitted to regular competitions be equivalent to the overall rate for French-language applications in all competitions. It's only a small step, but the measure is there and its purpose is to encourage researchers to submit their applications in French.
The fact remains that the success rate for applications submitted in French is much lower than for the other categories assessed by the CIHR. Of course, there are also some researchers who require more support. I'm thinking, for example, of new researchers, researchers from indigenous communities, women and other categories.
The CIHR has introduced all sorts of measures. The statistical data showed that in every competition, applications and French are less successful than those in all the other categories. Nevertheless, it's a first step towards achieving equivalent success rates.