Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. Kramp, I heard you mention in your remarks that the strength of your college is that, despite its small size, you can accomplish a lot of things with few resources.
Currently, Canadian colleges, CEGEPs and polytechnics share only 2.9% of the federal budget for investments in scientific research.
In the academic world, there is unfair competition between institutions. The large universities share 80% of the funding, while the small and medium‑sized universities share the rest of the crumbs, and I'm being polite. As a representative of a small college, do you experience the same reality and have to compete with the larger colleges?
I could give you examples of colleges that conduct research activities that are more intense than some Canadian universities.