Raymond Simard at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 12th, 2008. See this statement in context.

February 12th, 2008 / 12:15 p.m.

Liberal

Raymond Simard Liberal Saint Boniface, MB

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Turk, I've heard from other teachers that research is now focused on projects with commercial possibilities. I'm wondering how this happens. A teacher would apply to CIHR, for instance, for a grant. Is the process biased towards research that could be commercialized? Could you still apply if your research has no commercial possibilities?

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