Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Secretary of State responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development for Quebec.
A few days ago, the dean of medicine at Université de Montréal deplored the fact that, in Quebec, a considerably smaller number of grants from the Medical Research Council were going to French-speaking universities than to English-speaking universities. Add to that the fact that, in order to be understood, researchers often have to write their papers in English.
Is the minister responsible for FORD-Q, who claims to be concerned with the issue, prepared to remedy this unacceptable situation?