Thank you.
Thank you to all of you for being here. It's great to hear these important messages.
I'll start with you, Ms. Vaugeois. It's good to have someone from Vancouver Island University here. My son got his education degree there. My wife worked there back when it was Malaspina College. Just by happenstance, I realize that I am wearing my Memorial University tie this morning. I got my master's there many years ago. We're going from one side of the country to the other here in terms of these small and medium-sized institutions.
You went through a lot of percentages and data at the start. I guess the most concerning thing to me is that there is a disparity there, but it seems to be a growing disparity. It reminds me of the wealth disparity in general, in both Canada and the world, which is going in the wrong direction. I'm wondering if you could provide more details on that trend and what's driving it.