Industry committee  With respect to problems in the manufacturing sector, things are what they are. Moreover, the economy has created other jobs in the industry sector. So, to this point, there has not been a crisis. How long will that go on? There we get into making predictions, and the crystal ba

Industry committee  Yes, and part of it could be in information and culture. As you get into the finely divided parts, we almost have to go back to Statistics Canada to understand how they've compiled the data and how the North American codes work. I can get you that breakdown.

Industry committee  It should be. I would want to get my economist to confirm that's the way it would get coded, but that would be my understanding.

Industry committee  I certainly think we can provide some information to understand the data and how it is collected. There are challenges in the data. The economy has evolved over the years. As I think we talked about earlier, what we counted 10 years ago and what we're counting today may be slight

Industry committee  Only because I do not have the list before me. It is not because I believe we do not have any.

Industry committee  Once again, we would have to study each of the sub-sectors and each of the components. For some services in the environmental sectors, some might suggest it would be the French, because of their performance in the heavy industries. In other sectors, for example in computer system

Industry committee  It would have to be confirmed with them. I have not had any discussions concerning the current situation. Earlier on, I alluded to the fact that there were fears that this might happen. I used the example of the tourism industry. They have looked to the future and they are worrie

Industry committee  Again, I apologize for not having a slide on this. They have been making investments in plant and equipment in that sector. It is a very impressive number. I don't have the specific number in my hands here, but there is a correlation between the investment they have made in tec

Industry committee  If I can consult quickly with my economist...I believe they are in professional services.

Industry committee  In my experience, one area in which they are quite helpful is in the instance of single-industry communities. Take a look at that scenario you were describing. In those areas of the country where they're having a lot of hardship, and those single-plant communities, the degree of

Industry committee  Do you mean domestically? Do you mean in Toronto versus Vancouver?

Industry committee  It is difficult to say. Earlier on, I said that we had 8 of the 10 biggest companies in the service sector. Seven of those eight companies are in the financial services sector. In order to determine the best in the world, you would have to study each of the sub-sectors. To come

Industry committee  In the financial sector. The financial institutions are among the biggest and the best.

Industry committee  If I may, Mr. Chairman, I would like to talk about the engineering sector and the projects carried out by SNC-Lavalin globally. These people are sought out by countries to carry out enormous projects. They are among the best in the world. In the area of information technology, we

Industry committee  I think it goes back to one of the earlier questions, where we wanted to do a little bit of comparison with the G7 and the G-8 and I had to apologize for not having it in the deck. It was actually one of the questions that I had. But if we start taking a look at, say, the expor