Industry committee  I would agree. Under the right conditions, as has been shown again and again, and as you've heard, the best way to transfer knowledge is via the individuals, the people who move into companies and start to transfer that on a day-to-day basis. To the extent that the program can be

Industry committee  May I add to that?

Industry committee  One other piece of data we know is that the value of post-secondary research collaboratively with industry is over $1 billion a year. This number is many times the amount realized through licensing and royalties. This is an excellent vehicle, in fact, to involve students and rese

Industry committee  That's a great question. In fact it's already happened in some institutions. The consortium that I helped to establish in southwestern Ontario included six universities. We all adopted the same templates. We all adopted the same strategy. In effect, we commercialized each other

Industry committee  Yes. My understanding is that WCIO is doing something similar, so it can be done that way, through the establishment of these consortia. Some of the groups in Quebec, I understand, use the same template material. I think it would be a great idea. I think it should be operationa

Industry committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, vice-chairs and distinguished committee members. I want to thank you all for inviting me here today. Like Bert, I'm also someone who's very interested in this topic, so it's great to have an opportunity to discuss it more fully. It's certainly a very wel

Industry committee  I have a list here. The other thing I would say is that we are extremely happy to be here, first of all, but extremely happy to return at any time: all of us, some of us, more of us. We never tire of telling our story.

Industry committee  First of all, let me say that we are here to serve the people of Canada and the Parliament of Canada, period. On the other side of the innovation equation, one of the examples I like to give is the new technology that's developed for communication devices, smart phones, and so f

Industry committee  My colleague as well, and she works for us.

Industry committee  Absolutely. We need—

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Remember that we are the organization that is mandated to fund the research, so what I can do is cite to you projects that have worked more on that end of the equation, or more on that end of the innovation cycle. For example my colleague David Wolfe at the University of Toronto,

Industry committee  Yes, absolutely. That's on a more macro scale. We also have a colleague—and I'm sorry, his name escapes me today—at l'Université Laval who's doing work on security and sensors, on how sensors are able to identify security threats in public places. The work that he does is within

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, I assume we'll work through you to provide this information.

Industry committee  Based upon our estimates, about $100 million over the four years. We were suggesting that we would ramp up with $25 million in the first year, and then work towards a $100-million increase overall.