In the current context, where 23% of the Canadian population is francophone, we propose that at least 25% of federal grants be allocated, in each of the major fields of natural sciences and engineering, health, and humanities and social sciences, to French-speaking researchers, French-language universities, and French-speaking students. Such a target would be a concrete lever for bringing the two official languages closer to substantive equality, and it is a matter of economic prosperity. The proportion should be publicly tracked, field by field, and integrated into the new accountability mechanisms of the new entity.
