Industry committee  With regard to the CTC, we've spoken about the $5 million or so. With regard to the other matter, this was not an Industry Canada-related matter. This was done under either the Department of Finance or the CRA, because it's fundamentally a taxation matter. So the question would b

Industry committee  What I'm saying is in regard to the accountability as it relates to these various initiatives--

Industry committee  As Monsieur Lapierre has mentioned, there are a number of projects in the pipeline. We are currently reviewing those. By withdrawing $20 million, at some point some projects will be impacted, given that it's a program geared to supporting projects. But we will attempt, with the

Industry committee  CIPO, as you know, processes requests for patents, licences, and so forth, and they have a fixed rate at which people who are applying for patents or licences must pay a fee. Over the years this agency has accumulated—partially through good management, partially through the fees

Industry committee  We don't have that typology--

Industry committee  In the stuff that went out on Monday there was a description. The government established a typology of a grouping of four themes under which we had things like Statistics Canada, tourism, CIPO. Those are the ones that I could speak to.

Industry committee  I think that is beyond the scope of my mandate as a public servant.

Industry committee  As officials, we do not operate based on messages or signals of one kind or another; we have programs to administer, with budgets supplied first of all by the government and subsequently by Parliament. I think that could be a question to put to the Minister tomorrow, in the Hous

Industry committee  I've been told that those who stood to benefit did not avail themselves of this program. In previous years, the budgets for this program were never spent. So, from year to year, there was some reprofiling of funds. The amounts cuts from this program were unspent from one year to

Industry committee  I understand. My colleague could perhaps offer you some additional information.

Industry committee  Upon assuming this job, I had the benefit of briefings from a number of colleagues, and I also went to see a number of people around this table, including Monsieur Crête and Monsieur Vincent, who spoke to me about this. It is a program that has, in some respects, had a bit of a c

Industry committee  We had an opportunity to meet representatives from the aeronautics industry a few days ago. Mr. Bernier met with them, and I spent several hours with them. The sector is very important for Canada. It makes an important contribution to Canada in different areas. That contribution

Industry committee  I also had an opportunity to meet Ms. McKenzie a few weeks ago, when I attended a meeting of the Commission's board of directors. As regards the $5.6 or $5.7 million earmarked for the move, the Commission had a budget of about $25 million to facilitate its move to Vancouver. I w

Industry committee  No. I'm talking about Treasury Board.

Industry committee  I'm talking about a ministerial decision.