I want to understand your perspective, Professor Lagacé. I understand that you hope to sign the declaration someday. However, I would point out that it dates from 2013, nearly ten years ago now. I understand that you are going to examine your position someday, but I think the picture is pretty clear today. Only six of Canada's 97 universities have signed the declaration.
Again, I find it hard to understand why, nearly ten years later, the biggest bilingual university in Canada, if not the world, is not able to take a position in favour of that declaration, which addresses a problem you also recognize.
If the federal government or francophone scientific actors are not exercising leadership and are not necessarily engaging in actions, how do you think things can really change?
I am trying to understand how we, actors in the federal government, can help the institutions when they themselves are not necessarily doing their share of things.