Thank you for your question, Mr. Blanchette-Joncas.
It's not complicated. Some researchers conduct research in a specific field, but the current ground rules are not in their favour. They do indeed favour research work in English.
However that may be, here is one of the things that Canada does well. When it wants to help a minority group, it establishes rules that will assist them. That's what has to happen. It's done in other areas. A few years ago, for example, it was agreed that universities were not doing enough work collegially, as a group. Rules were accordingly introduced and people began to work together as part of a team. That's how it became possible to decode the complete human genome so quickly, even though the period covered 3,000 years.
Rules promoting research in French have to be introduced to keep today's talented people interested and prepared to contribute. Allow me to repeat that 30,000 francophone researchers outside of Quebec are out of the loop. It's essential to introduce some rules.