Industry committee  I believe, maybe the CFO can confirm, but generally speaking, debt writeoffs are a matter of public record and they get reported in the books of Canada. So, I think we can certainly come back with more detail on that for sure. The other thing I would say is to assure the honourable members.

Industry committee  Thank you.

Industry committee  Madam Chair, I'd have to get back to the committee with a specific answer, but my understanding is yes, this is federal funding to groups. I can't speak to the specific parameters of whether there might be provinces that have chipped in or whatever. I'm happy to try to come back on that.

Industry committee  Is your question about the number of small Internet service providers in the regions?

Industry committee  Certainly. I can tell you that we've had several programs in the past. The requirements were a little bit different and it all depended on the program. Our goal is to connect everyone. In some cases, it was more efficient to work with a big player who made it possible to connect more people.

Industry committee  I think the honourable member makes a very good point. Just to assure the committee, I think we are equally concerned about access to digital services and not having people inadvertently left behind. I mentioned the $1-billion universal broadband fund, but there are a variety of other investments.

Industry committee  On the issue of the member's question, I would just assure the member that when we're looking at clean technology, there are obviously a variety of metrics. Certainly, one of them would be the significant potential that the technology might have for export sales, and so on. The technology supported includes things such as clean water.

Industry committee  It is designed to target what you might call more vulnerable groups, people whose digital literacy, for a whole variety of reasons, might be more challenged. That could include seniors and others who might have concerns around digital literacy. It is meant to be targeted, and I would be happy to come back to the member with more specific gradations, but just off the top of my head, it would be groups that have, for whatever reason, a digital deficit.

Industry committee  Madam Chair, there have already been agreements reached with various organizations to disburse the funds in support of digital literacy. I don't immediately have access to the list of organizations, but this would have been a program in which people would apply or they would be invited to apply.

Industry committee  The women entrepreneurship strategy is across government. This funding is for a particular piece of it. It was a top-up to funding that my ministry received as part of the broader cross-government strategy, but there are other ministries involved. I'll give you some examples. The Business Development Bank of Canada is in our portfolio.

Industry committee  I'll ask the CFO to answer the honourable member's questions, specifically on the issue of the transfer of funds and the women entrepreneurship strategy.

Industry committee  When I come back with the information in response to the previous question on this topic, that will cover the same grounds. I'd be happy to do that.

Industry committee  I can come back to the honourable member with that question as well, though I would note that the digital research infrastructure strategy is not a job creation program but a research program designed to expand supercomputing capacity for the research sector. It's not really about job creation.

Industry committee  IP is certainly, Madam Chair, a priority for the superclusters initiative.

Industry committee  I can come back with a response on that question, absolutely.