Science and Research committee  Some of it would be—in government science, in labs, and in facilities like the National Research Council and so forth. It would—

Science and Research committee  Of the 90%, a good portion would be industry funding for their own research and also research that is done in institutions. Provinces fund research as well. That would account for a portion. Universities also fund their own research with their own resources. It's quite varied, actually, if you break it down.

Science and Research committee  Clearly, at this point, we are working together to develop the guidelines that will be applied to our areas as they would be applied to any other area. Right now, the screening is restricted to the alliance program, using the tools that have been developed. That may be expanded with the publication of lists or institutions, and we will follow those.

Science and Research committee  I would probably start by saying that we would follow the guidelines that we were given and that we agreed to. We would implement that. A lot of things, as you would guess, within the social sciences and humanities would not come close to some of the screening being suggested, in terms of organizations that would cause concern, particularly in the private sector.

Science and Research committee  Yes, absolutely.

Science and Research committee  I knew you were going to do that.

Science and Research committee  Yes. It was provided to SSHRC on behalf of the agencies to provide institutions with the funds they need to develop their own security measures locally.

Science and Research committee  It went through our department—through mechanisms we've established that are run by Madame Laflamme, who can give you more detail about that—and was distributed and is being distributed to institutions for the purpose—

Science and Research committee  They do a lot of different things. In fact, they propose to us the kinds of things they need to do locally to meet security requirements, and then we fund them on that basis. That can vary, as you can imagine, between institutions, depending on where they're at or how far along they are in their own security measures.

Science and Research committee  I'd ask Valérie to speak to that if she's able to, but the point is that the money is provided to institutions based on their needs and on their understanding of what they need to do to enhance their own security measures. It's provided on that basis. I don't believe there's any screening that occurs through security agencies at this point.

Science and Research committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm very happy to be here with my colleagues Valérie La Traverse and Valérie Laflamme. I'm sure all of us in the room agree that science and research have become more important than ever in the current environment as economic, environmental and social challenges have become as serious as they are complex.

Science and Research committee  Excuse me. Is that question for me?

Science and Research committee  As Dr. Adem mentioned, there are programs that do rely on contributions from the private sector, such as Mitacs, and I think they work very well. Also, I would say that Canadian universities have had reasonable success in attracting industry to support projects on a contract basis.

Science and Research committee  I would certainly have to defer to my colleagues to put together some data for you. I know that in terms of the process, quite often in universities—and again, it may be a question for university association reps to answer—internal policies in effect prevent students from holding, say, a federal scholarship or bursary and also other funding made available by the university.

Science and Research committee  Thanks for that question. I absolutely agree, but the reality, as I think the committee is aware, is that we're funding a minority of students. In fact, it's not a large minority of students, so in effect we can increase the rates, and we've certainly been saying that. This serves as a reference rate that can be used for students who are paid through other means, such as grants, but also perhaps as a signal to provinces as well that they need to contribute more.