Finance committee  I will mention one thing the government can look at in particular, which is the complete elimination of capital expenditures used for R and D purposes. Under the SR and ED program, this will be completely eliminated starting next year. This year you might see an increase in capit

Finance committee  To go back to what he just said, I think you at least want to have a level playing field, with rules that allow depreciation similar to that in the U.S. I think as long as the U.S. has its bonus depreciations, which he referred to and which were renewed last December for another

Finance committee  As I mentioned, our view in most domestic policies that relate to an international negotiation is that you want to have at least the same treatment for foreign companies as for Canadian companies abroad. If we don't have that, why would another country sit down with us? What woul

Finance committee  I was putting these new direct support mechanisms for business R and D in perspective, because I think it's a response to the cuts that have happened to the SR and ED program last year. My point was that we took some of this money to provide new direct support mechanisms for pr

Finance committee  As for the actual list of countries, I am not really an expert on the criteria taken into account to decide whether or not those countries should be on the list. The list is definitely long, as it contains 72 countries. In addition, this program has not really been changed since

Finance committee  I would begin by saying that an inverse relationship also exists. Some products are no longer made here because tariffs were eliminated in the past. In the 2000s, three textile mills were closed on the same day in Huntingdon. Everyone remembers that. And the next day, the tariffs

Finance committee  In terms of numbers, we've seen an increase of 45% in expenditure on machinery and equipment between 2009 and 2012. We've seen the beginning of an increase in productivity in manufacturing in the last year. I want to be careful, it's not just about this measure, but I think we'

Finance committee  You are right. By definition, a temporary measure is temporary. This year, we expected greater levels of economic growth in the United States. The budget has indicated that the growth may not be as significant as we thought and that we should be careful. We recognize that this

Finance committee  I don't want to overestimate the impact of tariffs, but I don't want to underestimate it either. I think it's an important issue. On certain products it's so high it's actually a barrier to export. I think there are also non-tariff barriers that are important. That's why you see

Finance committee  From the start I would say that in all of this debate about the GPT, we've confused a number of different issues. The original rationale for this program was that it would be a foreign aid program. We should keep that in mind when it comes time to look at this decision. I think

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Laura. Thank you for inviting me today to discuss Bill C-60, the Economic Action Plan 2013 Act. On a general note, our organization and our members were very pleased with the recognition in the budget of manufacturing as an important driver of

Natural Resources committee  It's a good question. Sometimes I wonder how universities are—

Natural Resources committee  I'm sorry?

Natural Resources committee  There's definitely innovation going on. It's what you call organizational innovation. We think of innovation as product innovation, but there are actually four types of innovation. Organizational innovation has to do with the way you deal with suppliers and the way you deal with

Natural Resources committee  Discrimination against the oil sands....