Absolutely. That would be a starting point. Our institution network is one example where excellent research is being conducted using funding from organizations other than the granting councils because of, for example, all the language barriers to federal funding access and the biases against research in French. You devoted an entire study to French-language research in the previous Parliament. All of that should point you in the right direction.
The current situation is that our francophone researchers are looking for other sources of funding. I personally know that some of my francophone researcher colleagues from across the country look for research funding in Quebec to be able to conduct research outside Quebec, precisely because of these systemic barriers.
I'll give you an example. There are researchers in the health field who have spent years trying to access funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, but there's still a barrier in the way. Back home, we have a program from the Consortium national de formation en santé that funds research scholarships. That enables us to leverage and increase French-language scientific production in the health sector, which otherwise wouldn't be produced.
Every year, the Association francophone pour le savoir, or Acfas, presents research recognition awards. These awards are highly regarded in the public sector. Just last year, a researcher from our network who regularly receives funding from our research programs received an Acfas award. The excellence of French-language research is being recognized, but there are still barriers that often prevent those researchers from accessing regular funding programs.