Human Resources committee  I guess the best example of a program is the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research. There are 22 now across Canada that were provided up to $15 million, not to support research, but to support all the activities surrounding it to get it to market—not only to ma

Human Resources committee  That's right. They are bringing the needed skills to them, yes.

Human Resources committee  Not to my knowledge, but I could verify.

Human Resources committee  Also, in our area, with the granting councils, we concentrate on what we called the STEM disciplines: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council does have an albeit small program—$3 million per year—the PromoScience pr

Human Resources committee  I believe that's something under consideration and that it would ultimately be a decision for ministers.

Human Resources committee  Yes. I had mentioned the internships, and again, they were pitched more at the graduate student level. But for example, the National Research Council has a youth employment program, and they provide small and medium-sized enterprises with some funding support to allow them to emp

Human Resources committee  There's $25 million that is dedicated to it, per year.

Human Resources committee  I can respond to that in part. A lot of my work is with the research granting councils: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. We always endeavour to respect federal jurisdiction, of course, so our mandate re

Human Resources committee  It varies. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council has a suite of programs. The post-grad scholarships are for graduate students, for a duration of one to three years, and they need to spend 20% of their time on site with the sponsoring company. Last year, there wer

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, which programs?

Human Resources committee  I wouldn't have the breakdown by discipline, but we could—

Human Resources committee  Yes. That's a good question.

Human Resources committee  It wouldn't be 20%.

Human Resources committee  I can endeavour to get that. I understand also that the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council is appearing in the next couple of days. I can advise them.

Human Resources committee  That's precisely why it's a matching program. The granting council will provide some funding to support the activities of the graduate students, but the firm also needs to provide some either in-kind or financial support to demonstrate commitment.