Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'll continue with questions for Mr. Maltais.
Mr. Maltais, your colleague just explained the current vicious circle with respect to the distribution of research funding in Canada. We are clearly talking about a number of incentives, such as earmarked amounts—you mentioned this a little earlier—that would require the introduction of criteria to achieve genuine equity in terms of funding for francophone researchers in Canada.
Among other things, I'd like you to discuss the value assigned to science and French in Canada. The committee prepared a report, and it showed clearly that the success rate in applications to the granting agencies for French-speaking researchers in Canada is lower, not only in terms of the overall percentage, but also when funding applications are submitted in French rather than English. I'd like to hear what you have to say about this.
What can actually be done to ensure that French-speaking researchers have genuine access at an equivalent level to funding, no matter what institution they are from?