Industry committee  That's a very big question. The Council of Canadian Academies tried to address that question and looked at the various components that would have contributed to this gap. One of their conclusions was that it has to do with the culture of our business. Canadian companies are less

Industry committee  I think it's an excellent program. I'm a very strong supporter of IRAP. My background is in high-tech entrepreneurship, and I have benefited from the programs that IRAP offers. I see many of my colleagues in other companies benefit from those programs. It's a very strong and effe

Industry committee  --on Monday about this program. So we don't have any evidence yet on whether the program will be as effective as the core IRAP program, but I think the delivery mechanism is an effective one, and the way the program is structured is well thought out.

Industry committee  With regard to adoption of ICT technologies, information and communication technologies, in small and medium-sized companies, one of the big barriers is lack of sophistication in understanding the technologies themselves. Larger organizations will have dedicated departments with

Industry committee  We implemented a pilot program earlier this year. Currently 25 companies are using this pilot program, and all of those companies are now using cloud computing techniques. They had never used cloud computing techniques before. It's a small sample size. It's a little bit difficul

Industry committee  The CANARIE network is funded by a combination of federal funding, provincial funding, and user fees that we charge. The majority of the user fees come from the institutions that we connect. So mostly it's from the universities, and to a lesser extent, from a monetary perspective

Industry committee  Every university and the vast majority of the colleges--but not every college--are members of the CANARIE network, yes. It's connected to the CANARIE network.

Industry committee  That's a great question. The answer is absolutely it has. When CANARIE was started in 1993 the commercial Internet was just getting started and CANARIE actually acted as a test bed for the development of new technologies that were ultimately deployed in the commercial Internet in

Industry committee  There are so many examples I could think of. I'm just sorting through my mind as to which one might be most relevant. One example is a massive multi-player game that has in-game purchases enabled. The gaming industry is actually quite a large industry in Canada, as you are prob

Industry committee  I can't confirm or deny Mr. Lord's comments with regard to wireless coverage. The CANARIE network is focused solely on research and education. It's not available to the average Canadian for use the way the commercial Internet is. The CANARIE network, though, is a world leader in

Industry committee  Good afternoon. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and committee members. My name is Jim Roche, and I'm the president and CEO of CANARIE Incorporated. Thanks very much for the opportunity to speak with you today about CANARIE and its importance in fostering e-commerce in Canada. My

Finance committee  There are three ways we have a direct impact on the Canadian economy. One is through the investments that are made in CANARIE. We buy services and products in Canada. The second is the spin-off effects of the benefits of the research we support in the CANARIE network. We talked e

Finance committee  That's a question that many people want to know the answer to. It's a little bit outside the scope of CANARIE's activities. However, in the last two years CANARIE has invested in programs to assist in the commercialization of research, with a view to accelerating the movement of

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. My name is Jim Roche. I'm the president and CEO of CANARIE Inc. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you about CANARIE and its importance to Canada. CANARIE is a key element of Canada's publicly funded infrastructure in support