Mr. Hewitt, what I am trying to find out is whether you would agree to that kind of criterion being adopted. At present, it does not exist.
You are explaining what you do right now, but it does not seem to be working, since there is still an imbalance. I am trying to find solutions.
At present, francophone researchers in Canada are at a disadvantage because research funding is concentrated in the anglophone university network: 80% of research funding is divided among 15 universities, 13 of which are anglophone universities. If we do a quick calculation, we see that there is an imbalance. Francophones have to leave home and enter the anglophone network or contend with obstacles in order to get access to higher education.
As the guardian of the funds allocated for funding research in Canada, do you agree to there being ways of ensuring an equitable proportion of the funding in order to fully redress the imbalance for French-speaking researchers in Canada?