Absolutely. The measures you're suggesting would be positive measures that would fall under the Official Languages Act.
For our part, we're calling on the granting councils to develop positive measures that meet the needs of the francophone scientific community and the needs of francophone communities as a whole. The new Official Languages Act includes new obligations, and I think public decision-makers and senior officials have to be made aware of the scope of those obligations. The government has to develop positive measures that embrace the asymmetry of the linguistic communities. Since the Official Languages Act aims for substantive equality, those measures will directly ensure that research funds are distributed equitably and that the appropriate funds reach the institutions of French-speaking Canadians.