Industry committee  I can take a shot at that. For example, in the case of RInC, the program is organized so that a project must be funded one third, one third, and one third. This means that for every third the federal government puts in, two-thirds gets added to the project. On CAF, it depends.

Industry committee  Yes, but we all have the same criteria.

Industry committee  Yes, we do.

Industry committee  Yes, absolutely.

Industry committee  In the agency, for RInC, we have roughly 55% committed, but we expect that by the end of the fiscal year, which is the end of March, we'll have 100% committed—not spent, but committed—and that it will be spent by the end of 2011. For CAF, we have 67% of the allocation committed,

Industry committee  For horizontal, let's take Atlantic Canada, is it something that would touch the four Atlantic provinces?

Industry committee  It's not the same. You see, the amounts of money were allocated through RInC based on population only. For CAF, they were allocated based on $10 million per province plus a per capita allocation. The way the adjustment works is that if, for example, you have something like a pr

Industry committee  No, exactly. This is a very good example. It shows that CAF, RInC, and infrastructure are really application-driven programs. This is probably more true of CAF and RInC than the infrastructure program, but they are really application driven. When we do the evaluation, there's a

Industry committee  Yes, because it's payable, but you actually must have done the work in order for us to issue the cheque, and as Daniel was indicating, with a commitment, you're good to go to the bank.

Industry committee  Yes, and the program has been renewed several times since then, precisely because the results speak for themselves.

Industry committee  You will have to give me some time to get you an answer. I don't really like being blindsided, as they say. In this case, I have no explanation. I believe in this program. I have renewed it many times. Of course, we are not talking about the same type of renewal we discussed earl

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. D'Amours. We met in Edmundston. As regards ICF, or the Innovative Communities Fund, it's the same situation as for the Community Futures programs. They have to be renewed every five years. The five years are, in fact, almost up. The end of March is when the five-

Industry committee  —yes, that was replaced by ICF.

Industry committee  Yes, in anticipation of renewal, as officials, we are always required to carry out program evaluations to see whether we have achieved the expected outcomes. Those evaluations are ongoing at this time. We should soon be in a position to provide all the information. That is especi

Industry committee  It started in 1972, I believe.