Industry committee  I was simply trying to provide some additional information.

Industry committee  That's certainly one way of looking at it…

Industry committee  I assure you that I will share your concerns and your points of view with Mr. Bernier.

Industry committee  The Department of Health, sir, has advised us of that.

Industry committee  I'll start with a couple of things, and then Helen will provide a bit more information on the paper that we also released yesterday. Over and above the regulatory document we released on the 700 megahertz and 2,500 megahertz, we also released a document pertaining to more speci

Industry committee  I wouldn't go so far as to say that. There are different ways of stimulating and encouraging tourism. The government's allocations to the Canadian Tourism Commission are one aspect of that. There are other areas that the government prioritizes and that, I think, deserve to be hig

Industry committee  We will report on what happens. I think there will end up being an increase in transparency in the actions of the various departments to support tourism.

Industry committee  I must admit that I didn't think I could alleviate your concerns.

Industry committee  Yes, we'll try to target so that the firefighters.... If you take 911 as a reference point, to make sure the firefighters and the police are on the same wavelength and can communicate without any interruption, the same would apply in our case, if there is an emergency, if there i

Industry committee  Helen McDonald, ADM of the Spectrum, has been dealing with the U.S. on this, and can perhaps.... This is Helen McDonald, assistant deputy minister of Spectrum.

Industry committee  I feel I could not do justice to the eloquence that Minister Bernier would bring to the specific matter you have raised, so I would commend to all members recent speeches and statements Minister Bernier has made, because he's quite passionate on the issue of reducing red tape and

Industry committee  I don't think there's an overlap between the two. The first is a granting agency that supports university research. The agency receives applications from university researchers, it evaluates them, particularly through peer evaluation, then it allocates research funding that is u

Industry committee  The granting agency has an overall budget of about $1.1 billion, and it is divided into three main components. The first supports what we call basic research, where researchers submit proposals, and where the research is not based on any particular topic. Another component of the

Industry committee  I have a few random comments about this. I don't think it would be a good idea to put all our eggs in one basket, in part because Canada is a big country. We are much better off targeting more regional intervention niches. In my opinion, trying to centralize everything would not

Industry committee  I'm given to understand that the requirements from Treasury Board, because they are the ones that establish the timelines, are that we have to submit that document, I believe, within the next two or three weeks, and I believe the government-wide schedule is for those to be tabled