Industry committee  Thank you for having me today. My name is Martin Lavoie. I'm the director of policy, manufacturing competitiveness and innovation for Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. We represent about 10,000 manufacturers and exporters across the country. We applaud the committee for unde

Industry committee  We agree there's some cleaning that needs to be done with regard to all the programs. They want to put everything under a new structure that would oversee IRAP and others. We don't have anything against that. There are some good recommendations with regard to BDC and venture cap

Industry committee  There's probably a way to expand SR and ED a bit. The Jenkins panel report made some recommendations to make it just labour costs, for example. That would restrict the types of activities that would be eligible under SR and ED, considering that 70% of R and D in Canada is done th

Industry committee  Even if you look at indirect funding, which Canada is supposedly very good at, investment in ICT is not necessarily included in the SR and ED, for example. What is included in terms of a tax credit for acquisition of ICT is the capital cost allowance. So you may get an accelerate