Human Resources committee  In research, to a certain extent, you have to rely on specific strengths and develop strategic areas. In economic terms, that's what has the best chance of paying dividends. However, it's essential to fund a very broad range of research, including basic research in the social sc

Human Resources committee  That's correct. What's called core funding for universities in fact represents their operating budget. Research is funded by other means. In the first rank are the following three agencies: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Social Sciences and H

Human Resources committee  I can't give you any off hand. However, I can confirm that humanities research has long been funded to a lesser degree than research in health or the natural sciences and engineering. For example, in the spring budget, the only one of the three funds that underwent budget cuts w

Human Resources committee  To obtain additional money, I assume?

Human Resources committee  We represent students who conduct research, students at the master's and doctoral level. I'd like us to have the leeway to take a position on whether universities can approach businesses for this kind of partnership. I'll give you an example. If the University of Sherbrooke wan

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. As regards dedicated transfers, that's one thing that has previously been done in the past. The former Canada Health and Social Transfer was split in two: one transfer for health and the other for social programs. That clarifies the federal government's contribution t

Human Resources committee  In fact, what we mean is that the money should go to the provinces so that they can manage it in accordance with their priorities. In the rest of Canada, tuition fees are higher than in Quebec. What does that cause? To help students, the government will put in place programs like

Human Resources committee  In your view, this is a transfer that absolutely must not entail any conditions. The provinces make various choices regarding accessibility. Quebec, for example, has decided to maintain quite low tuition fees. The choices of each of the provinces must be respected. The use of thi

Human Resources committee  As regards the $4.9 billion, this amount was determined as follows. $2.2 billion was cut in the mid-1990s from what at the time was called the Canada Health and Social Transfer. So that was $2.2 billion, to which we added the indexing of system costs and an increase attributable

Human Resources committee  I'm going to make my presentation in French. Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen members, we would like to thank you for inviting us to make a presentation today. First, I would briefly like to explain what our organization is. The Conseil national des cycles supérieurs de la Fédér