Justice committee  As I said, Concordia University is really located in the heart of Montreal. We are a physical university. A subway station is connected to three of our buildings. In the past, the university has always been open to the public. In the current situation, we want to make sure that public institutions like ours remain open to the citizens of Quebec and Canada, but we have to take into consideration events where people from outside the country come in, as happened on October 8.

Justice committee  That's a very difficult question to answer. We're a university; we're not security officers. Concordia University welcomes nearly 30,000 people a day on its campuses. We have 12 security and prevention officers on the downtown campus, and normally that's enough. As my colleagues have said, the vast majority of our staff and students are respectful.

Justice committee  Yes, they're reprehensible and intimidating when chanted on campuses.

Justice committee  Mr. Housefather, one thing that I find very unfortunate in terms of the public discussion that has happened since October is that there has been a very intense personalization of issues. We've seen that in terms of individual students being targeted and individual faculty members being targeted, etc.

Justice committee  I won't talk about the encampments, but I can answer the question by giving you some figures. Following the events that occurred on our campus on November 8, which I already alluded to, there have been 70 university events led by pro-Palestine and pro-Israel students on campus.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes, we'll consider it going forward. In fact, my team has already had a meeting with Ms. Lyons' team.

Justice committee  Yes, the university's position since 2014 has been in opposition to BDS.

Justice committee  Madam Chair and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of Concordia University. Concordia has 50,000 students and staff, and our downtown campus is on two of the busiest streets in Montreal. We welcome students from all over the world. This diversity is an asset for us.