Jacques Gourde at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On June 4th, 2009. See this statement in context.

June 4th, 2009 / 12:25 p.m.

Conservative

Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. My first question is for the official from the National Research Council.

In its Economic Action Plan, our government announced a ceiling of $200 million for the Industrial Research Assistance Program, which comes under the National Research Council. This amount includes $30 million to help companies hire approximately 1,000 young post-secondary graduates.

Can you tell me when this funding will be provided to the companies and what will be the effects in terms of promoting innovation and encouraging economic growth?

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