Finance committee  No, we haven't costed that out yet. We are looking at the innovation and generating the productivity that would result from that on a long-term basis. We haven't looked at the short-term cost on that.

Finance committee  Our submission didn't really address that issue. We were talking more about productivity--

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Brison. You're correct in saying we're slow on the commercialization side. That's an issue we are facing. First, you need to have people investing in the research and development, and we are getting some of that, but we're probably not getting as much as we sho

Finance committee  We realize that Canada is facing a substantial deficit that has to be addressed, but our presentation here is focusing on productivity with a long-term view. Over the long term, studies show that productivity increases the wealth of citizens in the country. Our presentation here

Finance committee  Mr. Chairman, committee members, fellow witnesses, ladies and gentlemen, I'm very pleased to be with you this morning to represent the Certified Management Accountants of Canada, also known as CMA Canada. Thank you for inviting us. In our submissions to this committee over the p