Government Operations committee  Could you specify more clearly what you mean by outsourcing?

Government Operations committee  I can respond that generally we reduce our outsourcing costs. This is one of the areas I targeted in order to reduce our operating costs. Generally I can tell you that now, we use outsourcing less as compared with yesterday or the day before yesterday.

Government Operations committee  There is more than one reason, and one of them is experience. I have a certain number of years of experience in management. In particular I remember one moment in my career. When I was president of the Canadian Newspaper Association, I had an opportunity to meet many owners. I al

Government Operations committee  The only number I have in my head is the annual repayment that we receive. It's somewhere between--

Government Operations committee  It depends on how successful companies are at selling these products. TPC had a wide range of companies they got involved in. Some were IT companies. Some were environmental technologies. Some were aerospace. It's a diversified portfolio.

Government Operations committee  No. I'll get back to you--

Government Operations committee  The program was closed down, terminated, in 2006, and was in some ways replaced by the SADI program, strategic aerospace and defence initiative, which is uniquely focused on the aerospace sector. That program has not started any repayments because there's usually a five-year to s

Government Operations committee  At least nine provinces, and we are in discussion with one remaining province. I don't have the specific number of municipalities, but I can get that information to you through the committee. Fundamentally, BizPal seeks to create a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs to have easy ac

Government Operations committee  A key point is that we're going to have a few more inspectors. Another key point is that we are going to have many more serious fines if some of our inspectors find that someone is using measuring instruments that are flawed. And we will empower third parties to assist all of tho

Government Operations committee  I can provide some general comments and Kelly can give you the specifics. To a large degree it's based on certain competitions that were not fully completed. They did not end up spending the money because their process did not yield an expenditure. Therefore the funds get repro

Government Operations committee  Not in as much detail as we will when we answer the parliamentary question that you have put on the order paper, which I think will provide an opportunity for a rather fulsome discussion and description of everything.

Government Operations committee  The government has not come to a view as to which parts of the Jenkins panel report it will adopt. So as advisors to the government on this, we are at the stage where we don't have any thoughts.

Government Operations committee  On that, I'll have a view. I am a fan of the BDC. It's not easy dispensing and being stewards of public funds, and I think they do a very good job. A few examples.... During the economic difficulties, the BDC increased its risk and put a lot more money out in the economy. It

Government Operations committee  Is that AECL, sir?

Government Operations committee  Which page is that?