Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Professor Larivière, you have shown in your work that the group of Canada's 15 major research universities, or U15 Canada, has received about 80% of research funding in Canada over the past 20 years. Out of that group, five universities in particular receive nearly half of that amount.
Does this federal allocation criterion really promote excellence, or does it preserve a concentration that perpetuates institutional prestige without improving scientific production?