Official Languages committee  All right. Good morning, everyone. Mr. Chair, Vice-Chairs and members of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, thank you for welcoming us. We are very pleased to have the opportunity this morning to come and speak to you in greater detail about the Université de l'Onta

Official Languages committee  There are some good people in Bellechasse.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much for your question. Two years ago, when we started planning the university, we had to bear in mind that the funding framework would be different. The university funding framework established in Ontario is based on differentiation, not on duplication of supply.

Official Languages committee  That's in our documents. The board of governors was established in April, and we've only been able to use our bank accounts since May. We've also requested a charitable registration number from the Canada Revenue Agency, but that process takes several months and the registration

Official Languages committee  I'm going to go right around the table before I leave.

Official Languages committee  Our project is actually inclusive. We conduct a lot of consultations and we decided at the outset to establish partnerships. We intend to offer a variety of programs. I talked specifically about the alternative bachelor's degree in education, which we could offer in partnership w

Official Languages committee  I'll start and then I'll turn the floor over to her. I simply want to note that we worked on this subject in cooperation with a team of Canadian experts, including Cara Krezek from Brock University. She's the director of the Co-op, Career and Experiential Education organization,

Official Languages committee  On October 1st last, we filed program creation requests with the ministry. We have to establish academic and administrative policies to get those requests approved. We've begun to define our academic policies. We want the university to the open, and we don't want any barriers to

Official Languages committee  We had anticipated operating budgets of $8 million for the 2018-2019 fiscal year and $12.5 million for 2019-2020. The first instalment of $1.5 million for fiscal 2018-2019 has been paid, but the balance is still outstanding. So once the transferred funds have been used, and afte

Official Languages committee  We'll need funding to continue after January 15. This undertaking has undeniable momentum. If we stop everything for three years, let's say, that momentum will die. One hundred of the best consultants in the country and the world helped us design the programs we submitted. A lot

Official Languages committee  We think the ideal situation would be for the two levels of government to agree today, as we speak, to work together to find a solution. We think there is one and that it would be optimal for both parties. We acknowledge that the deficit must be reduced, and we agree on that sub

Official Languages committee  I slightly shortened my remarks earlier, but I'd like to point out that five conditions must be met before we can open our doors in 2020. One of them is that our programs must be approved. They were forwarded to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities on October 1st.

Official Languages committee  If they aren't approved by early summer, we won't be able to promote them. As a result, students in their last year of high school won't be aware of them and won't have an opportunity to register for those programs in 2020. That's very important for us. The file's sitting on the

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much. As I mentioned a little earlier, it will be a university of modest size when it starts up so we can maintain a level of excellence. We intend to increase the student body to 2,000 after 10 years of operation, and we'll continue to grow thereafter. The curren

Official Languages committee  If the funding is granted and we can continue our operations, we'll stay the course and be able to offer our programs gradually. As I mentioned, the bachelor's degree programs we submitted to the ministry must be approved over the next few months so we can offer them in September