Thank you, Madam Chair.
I didn't invent it yesterday morning when I got up. This data is already in the three funding councils' databases. A researcher appeared before this committee. We can say his name; it was Julien Larregue. He even submitted a brief to committee members indicating he hadn't obtained the data he wanted to analyze to see whether there were inequalities in the allocation of funding based on certain criteria. That's the subject of today's study, but we're unable to proceed because we don't have a complete picture. We have data only from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
I understand what my colleague is saying, meaning the people sitting on these review committees are volunteers. However, here, we're simply trying to paint a picture of the analysis to see if there are any systemic inequalities in the allocation of research funding in Canada. To perform that analysis, we need data. I repeat: We have a picture of one of the three granting councils, but we need all three to really know if our study will allow us to make recommendations based on an overview of all three.