Science and Research committee  Are you asking my opinion?

Science and Research committee  I think it should be reviewed. This was a decision that was taken in consultation with the department to which we report, and that would be Innovation, Science and Economic Development, or what we affectionately call ISED. That was the decision that was ultimately taken in order

Science and Research committee  That would be a good way to ensure such vitality. With that said, we contribute to support mechanisms organized by the Université de Sherbrooke and funded by both Acfas and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. We are also going to create other mechanisms for enco

Science and Research committee  It is a complicated problem, and we are no doubt going to study it with our colleagues and Acfas.

Science and Research committee  Sure.

Science and Research committee  It was not, in our view. I reject that.

Science and Research committee  I have a similar response. It's interesting; my first position was at the University of Lethbridge, so it's a place I know well. It's a smaller institution, by the way, and I would say that it has similar processes in place. We try to keep committees broadly representative, so

Science and Research committee  They don't need to apply. The money's distributed on a formula, and there is also extra money for the smallest of the institutions that they receive automatically, that they can apply for these purposes.

Science and Research committee  Absolutely.

Science and Research committee  I would suggest that's correct, yes.

Science and Research committee  I can't remember the exact amount. It's in the order of tens of thousands of dollars. It went to fund the research, not the guide, which we found to be in contravention of our policy. We informed the institution that in no way should any publicity or notification around the use o

Science and Research committee  No, we did not, because the money was not used for the guide. The money was used for underlying research that may or may not have been used in the guide.

Science and Research committee  It was not paid by us, sir.

Science and Research committee  Absolutely not.

Science and Research committee  Absolutely, because we wanted to know what the background was initially for the funding that had been accorded to the institution. We also talked extensively to the institution and to the researcher, through the institution.