Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for inviting Research in Motion to this committee. For those of you who may not have heard of Research in Motion or read the news lately, we are a global leader in wireless innovation. Actually, we invented this entire industry that you proba

Human Resources committee  One of the things they may want to do first is a risk-based analysis, for example, if a company or an organization has a reputation for bringing in qualified people by following the rules and paying properly. Everyone has heard the stories of when it has been abused. If a proper

Human Resources committee  Not to put Karna on the spot, but for the ICT sector, I'm sure that's something the members of ITAC would love ITAC to do.

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, but I wanted to address your first question, if I may. The issue of the ICT sector and careers for women, I would say, applies to every professional career. This is an issue very near and dear to me, being married to a lawyer. We have this discussion all the time on

Human Resources committee  Sure. Primarily the way that we've—and I wouldn't say outsource—but primarily the way we do R and D offshore has been through acquisition, where we've identified a gap in some of our technology or an area that we may want to expand in. That's primarily how we've grown in Germany,

Human Resources committee  We currently don't outsource or offshore any of our new jobs.

Human Resources committee  Just to echo some of the previous comments that were made and to address the first part of your question, as in all problems there's never an easy solution. It takes a whole bunch of different pieces to put it together. If I'm able to back you up a bit, part of the problem for

Human Resources committee  Are you looking to invest money?

Human Resources committee  If you look at the smart phone industry overall, it's still a tiny portion of the traditional clamshell phone that you think of. A lot of areas like Africa and the Middle East are still on 2G technology. For a lot of these people, a smart phone is their first encounter with a c

Human Resources committee  Sure. It's an investment in people's futures. In Ontario, the program is $3,000 per credit for co-op. We pay a fairly substantial salary of anywhere between $45,000 and $60,000 for a co-op student, which is a heck of a lot better than I made when I graduated from school. So the g

Human Resources committee  Sure. Our facility in Bedford, just outside of Halifax, has been an overwhelming success, and not only because of the research institutions like Saint Mary's and Dalhousie and others in the area. We find that retention rates are excellent in Nova Scotia. In fact, they're far belo

Human Resources committee  Yes. All the talent has been from Nova Scotia, from the Maritimes, from New Brunswick and other areas.

Human Resources committee  I can tell you, just from the Waterloo example, that the answer would be less than 100%. We have Microsoft. Google has set up shop. We have a number of U.S. firms that are stealing the talent away and moving them right to Silicon Valley upon graduation.

Human Resources committee  Having experienced working in different countries, Canada is a great place to do business. The tax rate, while it could always be lower, is also very advantageous. Some of the changes made regarding R and D, especially as that relates to large corporations, was a little bit diff

Human Resources committee  I'm an old guy at RIM. There is some element of that.