There are four specific requests. One is that the value of graduate scholarships increase by 50% in their value and be indexed to inflation moving forward.
The second is that the number of graduate scholarships increase by 50%, because there has been a doubling in the number of graduate students in the system in the last 20 years.
The third request is that the number of post-doctoral fellowships increase by 100%. The reason is that, in 2010, the number of awards decreased by 40% and at the same time the number of Ph.D.s in the system has doubled through time.
The fourth request is to increase the budgets of grants at the tri-agencies by 10% per year for the next five years.
I am surprised that this committee has only recommended a 25% increase. That only brings us to 2015 levels, which are still below the poverty line. Why the committee keeps recommending an increase of 25% is also surprising. I don't know where that number is coming from. It's not based on any data that I'm aware of.