The position of the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies is very clear. After the 2023 budget was announced, we issued a press release, which is perfectly aligned with the Bouchard report and which also takes into account the criticisms that were made by U15 Canada and the Association francophone pour le savoir, or Acfas. It's funny that you mention them.
For all the people we talk to, the solution is so simple: increase the value of the scholarships. As I was saying earlier, who would agree to having their pay frozen for 25 years? Nobody would agree to that.
Second, Canada is indeed in competition with other countries. The United States was mentioned, but there are also Germany, Sweden and other European countries that offer higher scholarships.
However, what concerns me more than the competitiveness of the Canadian university system is really the well-being of the students who are here and to whom we have a moral duty to offer the best possible conditions of study. By freezing the salaries of our scholars for 25 years, we've failed in our moral obligation to appropriately support young adults who wish to train to develop the Canada of tomorrow.