I would just clarify that I am the president of the staff union. However, I feel it would be the same for the faculty unit. I hesitate to speak on their behalf, but I would say that it is complete confusion.
Arguments can be made for different programs—and I don't think that's something we would want to get into—but with regard to this program, it does not make sense. You have a program that can successfully recruit. It's funded with an envelope. It's needed in the communities that it serves. It's everything you should be looking for at a university. It's checking all of the boxes.
It's not a program where you're concerned about the funding. It's only growing. It's growing in Canada, in Ontario. We're left with complete confusion as to why this happened.
I know that if the university came to our union, or if they came to LUFA, the faculty union, I am sure there could be significant conversations to have that program remain here. However, that's not happened.