Industry committee  On the second point, applied research, clearly the colleges are dealing more with the applied research side of it, which is getting faster to a solution where you can get the monetization, commercialization, and make money on it. From that perspective, there are clearly two disti

Industry committee  We also have to consider our position related to other countries, because the technology advancement in different areas and the adoption rate in different countries is much faster. An example is RFID, a new technology that is sweeping across the world. Other countries are putting

Industry committee  Commercialization really has two gaps: one is the innovation gap, and the other is the business commercialization gap. We're addressing the first part very well. The government is putting sufficient dollars into universities in this area. The issue is that what we get out of it,

Industry committee  I would say as an individual consumer that I applaud that, but as an exporter I would say that until our productivity is on a par with that of the U.S., the 22% gap in productivity is creating a mismatch in our ability to export competitively, and I think it's hurting many of the

Industry committee  That's an excellent point. I will throw out one other aspect, which is how do we look at the trend forward? Barry mentioned Tata. Two weeks ago Tata launched a car called the Nano for $2,500. Projecting down the road, what will happen to the auto industry in North America? I

Industry committee  In line with that, there's a very sad statistic. Dr. King did a study on the double cohort in Ontario, and the statistics are overwhelming on the negative side: one in four don't graduate from high school, and this is Ontario. So the issue is not only in universities; the issue i

Industry committee  Thank you, Barry. And thank you for giving us the opportunity to discuss this area, which is very important. The ICTS sector is clearly an enabling, horizontal type of sector to other technologies in other areas. If we look at the two key words of “productivity” and “innovation