Finance committee  If I could add to that, it's important to understand that applied research is impossible without the pure research beforehand. It's virtually impossible. Therefore, to ask for a balance between the two is particularly difficult because there's no such thing. If you don't have pur

Industry committee  You used the word "sufficiently". Clearly, it is not sufficient. I agree with you on that. I have no simple answer to your question, in fact...

Industry committee  Perhaps other people can answer.

Industry committee  That is an excellent question, sir. You are perfectly right, and it is always very difficult to try to make the link between pure science and the needs of society. You are perfectly right there. Clearly, our colleagues in the national museums are doing an excellent job, for tha

Industry committee  It is correct that because of the push for innovation there was a de-emphasis on the investment in curiosity-driven, long-term research. Your assumption is correct. However, increased funding in NSERC in the last few years seems to be reversing this trend. There's a note that n

Industry committee  Absolutely. We pushed hard for several years to have this national academy created. Now that it is created and is funded reasonably well, it should provide sound advice to the government on what these priorities should be. So, yes, we support it strongly.

Industry committee  The national science advisor to the prime minister, a position that was established as a result of a recommendation from the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE), never got the resources it needed to do any effective coordination work and its office was closed.

Industry committee  Could I add something?

Industry committee  As an example of this, you're aware that recently Minister Lunn has put a lot of emphasis on geological knowledge in the Arctic because of sovereignty. The problem is that for the last 10 years at least, the Geological Survey of Canada has not been working in the Arctic, because