Public Accounts committee  I'll review a bit of what Mr. Clement said, which was that this group did not have a decision-making role. Mr. Cossette was there to facilitate the deliberations and contribute to them so that the people from the region knew what was going on. The group did not have a decision-m

Public Accounts committee  I have nothing to add to the eloquent statements already made.

Public Accounts committee  My name is Richard Dicerni. I'm Deputy Minister in the Department of Industry.

Industry committee  I'd love to see Mr. Julian after, to see his numbers, because if you take a look at this pie chart and look at the one that was done in 2007-2008, there's more money being spent in those various granting councils than there was four years ago. So there has to be more support give

Industry committee  My only general comment is that last year my colleagues and I appeared eleven times in front of parliamentary committees, including obviously the industry committee. We went to public accounts; we went to heritage; we went to a variety of committees. We fully understand that appe

Industry committee  Yes, the group in charge of the spectrum and Health Canada consult each other rather frequently about the towers. The responsibility falls on Health Canada first. The department has to define the standards and Industry Canada makes sure those standards are implemented. So yes,

Industry committee  In terms of setting standards for the antenna towers, we leave that up to the Department of Health, since it has an expertise that we don't have.

Industry committee  First is infrastructure. We have to make sure the pipe is there. We've got to make sure people are able to communicate. So the spectrum auction will go a long way towards permitting carriers to acquire spectrum and then build out to reach more effectively. I think the AWS auction

Industry committee  I would ask what the nature of the specific technical question was. The NRC does have a wealth of knowledge in 17 specific areas, but it doesn't cover everything. The Government of Canada's granting councils fund 2,000 Canada research chairs in a wide area. Perhaps in response

Industry committee  There is actually a person in charge. It is the director general of the Office of Consumer Affairs. He has been in that position for at least five and a half years. I have been a deputy minister for five years and a half and he has since been in the same position. In the 60s and

Industry committee  As I have already told you, there have been no changes in the past five and a half years. So there have been no losses and no gains. We still have what we used to have.

Industry committee  I am going to give you a quick answer: support for that comes from a crown corporation and Environment Canada programs.

Industry committee  Are you looking at the pie chart?

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  I could check, or you could ask the NRC or we could send it to you. They have about 15 or 16 institutes. Some are based in Ottawa. For instance, its astronomy institute is here and so is its institute dealing with metrology. They have an aerospace institute based in Montreal. The