Official Languages committee  On behalf of the Université de l'Ontario français and all the generations of students who will pass through its doors in the coming decades, I say thank you very much.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much for those comments. Yes, as a university, we can solicit large donations. That's certainly the approach we'll take. Under federal-provincial agreements, there has to be a provincial commitment, depending on the nature of the program, and the 50% contribution

Official Languages committee  Universities elsewhere in the country have said they want to help us open in 2020 and have offered us free administrative services and courses in our fields of study. That offer's on the table.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much. I hope I'll be able to cash it.

Official Languages committee  We're currently working with the Université Laval and the Université de Montréal, which have made very generous offers to help us start up in 2020. We're also receiving gifts in kind.

Official Languages committee  I don't have any figures for you. In recent months, we've wanted to conduct that kind of study, but it wasn't possible, partly because of the budget restrictions we saw coming. However, I can tell you that a study recently conducted by the Université du Québec network shows that

Official Languages committee  You're entirely right.

Official Languages committee  Several months ago, we took steps to identify Toronto locations that were available and met our parameters. Infrastructure Ontario and the Avison Young commercial real estate company looked at provincial properties available in the Toronto area. Based on their analysis, the selec

Official Languages committee  You're entirely right. We're delighted the government elected not to repeal the act in the budget statement.

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

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  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