Industry committee  We will get it for you.

Industry committee  There are going to be a number of initiatives going forward within the context of the government's environmental initiative. You referred to some of those initiatives. Also, the Department of Natural Resources is developing a number of measures focusing on energy efficiency and

Industry committee  We will get back to you, sir. I don't have that. I know it's partially through the NRC. The reason for which I'm stumbling a little bit is that it's not directly through the department. It is mostly through some of our portfolio agencies, such as the NRC, which I believe is inv

Industry committee  Then you're referring to the recently proclaimed regulation that established for the pharmaceutical companies certain periods of time and also gave something to the generic drug manufacturers.

Industry committee  As it relates to achieving a balance between generic drugs and—?

Industry committee  If I could, you said food and drugs. We involve ourselves—

Industry committee  There are two points. One is due process in terms of policies from one government to another. A number of our briefing books have been accessed and they've been shared quite publicly. The point I'm trying to make is that it's not, I think, appropriate to submit to a minister of a

Industry committee  I think it's important to look at that particular project in the context of other departmental initiatives in support of commercialization and knowledge transfer. For example, we are working with the National Research Council, which has its IRAP program that is very much focuse

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  We are still working on that.

Industry committee  I don't think so. If I misspeak myself, I'll get it from my guys. If I look at CIPO, if I look at StatsCan, I don't think so.

Industry committee  The decision-making process is such that at the end of the day, it is the ministers who decide. Officials can provide additional information. They will attempt to ensure that ministers have all the information at their disposal which, given the circumstances, could be useful to h

Industry committee  It varies a great deal. Take Statistics Canada, for instance. That agency has a $600 million budget. We reviewed the situation with other officials and had discussions with the Chief Statistician who, along with others, identified possible areas in which cutbacks could be conside

Industry committee  Perhaps you could ask the Minister that question because it is not usually up to officials to initiate...

Industry committee  Usually, officials do not initiate that type of process.