Mr. Chair, that's a fundamental issue.
Canada is a bilingual country. There are two official languages. People, including scientists, should be able to express themselves and work in the official language of their choice. It is extremely important for the granting agencies to adopt measures to process applications in either of those two languages. I believe that this is the case, but that would be a question for those agencies to answer.
Since I've spent the vast majority of my career in Quebec, I have an idea of how things work. Often, my francophone colleagues in Quebec prefer to write their funding applications in English, because they say that it increases the pool of peers able to review the application. It's a personal choice, then.
That said, I believe that it's important to ensure that the system can process applications in either official language.