Finance committee  Let me quickly explain how we made that calculation. In the mid-1990s, the post-secondary education transfer was cut by $2.2 billion. We are asking for that money to be returned and that cost inflation and increased student enrollments in the universities be included, for a tota

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. As far as CNCS members are concerned, education is the prerogative of the provinces, meaning that the federal government should be providing core funding to the universities through what is called a dedicated transfer for post-secondary education. There is consen

Finance committee  As regards the dedicated transfer, accountability is what we find attractive about this. Indeed, with this kind of transfer, it is very easy to determine exactly what the federal government's contribution to education is. That is perfectly feasible. That was done at the time the

Finance committee  The 65 per cent figure in relation to the indirect costs of research was set by an interministerial committee of the Government of Quebec composed of representatives of the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sport, the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Exports,

Finance committee  I could give you the reference.

Finance committee  Good afternoon. I will be making my presentation in French. Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, we would like to begin by thanking you for inviting us to appear today to present our brief. The Conseil national des cycles supérieurs, or CNCS, is an organization whose mandate is t