Maxime Blanchette-Joncas at the Science and Research Committee

On October 17th, 2022. See this statement in context.

October 17th, 2022 / 9 p.m.

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Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Dr. Fortin, you mentioned in your opening remarks that only 10% of the applications you receive at NSERC are written in French, yet we know that the proportion of francophones is much higher in Canada.

Why does your funding agency receive so few applications in French?

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