(a) April 15, 1988.
(b) Grants of $1 million in April 1988 and $504,805 in April 1993.
(c) At the time the fund was created, all the directors, six, were to be appointed by the minister of industry, science and technology of the Government of Canada. However, the fund was released from this obligation in the year following its creation once it had complied with the conditions of incorporation and only once the grant had been paid. In April 1993, as the $504,805 granting conditions, the minister had to appoint two directors. The other directors, for a total of nine, are appointed through the usual nomination and election procedure. The link between the fund and the agency ceased on September 30, 1998.