Kennedy Stewart at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On October 30th, 2012. See this statement in context.

October 30th, 2012 / 12:10 p.m.

NDP

Kennedy Stewart NDP Burnaby—Douglas, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Within the NRC there seems to always be a tension between basic and applied research or commercializable ideas. Ms. Gallant referenced the value of the basic research that the NRC produces.

I asked the Library of Parliament to look into this a little bit for me, and they said that between 1997 and 2008 the NRC produced over 12,000 peer-reviewed articles, which is almost 3% of all peer-reviewed articles produced in Canada.

Do you think these changes will increase or decrease the number of peer-reviewed articles that the NRC produces?

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