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House Hansard - 144

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 8, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 144 - Dec/8/22
Mr. Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, BQ)
  • Dec/8/22 3:00:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is not about money, it is about criteria. The research chair funding criteria no longer have anything to do with research. The nature of the research itself no longer counts. What counts is the nature of the researcher, assessed against the following criteria: skin colour, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation and disability. The last person anyone wants as a researcher is an average white man. We agree that all kinds of people should be better represented. Among equally qualified applicants, under-represented minorities should get priority. How is excluding a group of people consistent with a policy of inclusion?
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Context: House Hansard - 144 - Dec/8/22
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Dec/8/22 3:01:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. We all agree on inclusion and diversity. That is certainly the directive that the research councils have been given. As my hon. colleague well knows, the criteria are determined by the research councils. What we are doing as the government is investing in science and in research chairs. I am sure that, as members of the House, we all want to foster diversity and inclusion through science and society in general.
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