Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to welcome Mr. Surette and Mr. Deveau. As a proud Nova Scotian, I am very happy that they are participating in the meeting this evening.
Mr. Surette, you talked about Université Sainte-Anne, the only francophone university of the ten universities in the province. I am well aware that you have played a key role in the creation and development of Université Sainte-Anne.
You said that if somebody asked you the question in English, you were going to respond in English to maximize the understanding of every committee member here tonight, because that's how important the topic that we're studying is, and there's also the fact that we have someone from the Acadian community and Nova Scotia with us.
Can you speak to us a bit about the international connection you've had outside of Canada but also the Université Sainte-Anne? How does that play, if at all, with the researchers and the work that the university itself is doing, but also in the context of what we are talking about here in this research?