Industry committee  Good morning, everyone. I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 7 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of September 23. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website.

Industry committee  Thank you very much. With that we will have to end our questioning, because we have to move into the votes for the main estimates. I'd like to thank our witnesses again for their time today, and their testimony. If any follow-up is required.... I know there was some documentation requested of the deputy minister.

Industry committee  That is perfect. Thank you. ATLANTIC CANADA OPPORTUNITIES AGENCY Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$68,395,032 Vote 5—Grants and contributions..........$223,992,801 (Votes 1 and 5 agreed to on division) CANADIAN NORTHERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$17,365,446 Vote 5—Grants and contributions..........$45,339,219 (Votes 1 and 5 agreed to on division) CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$195,845,837 Vote 5—Capital expenditures..........$51,745,453 Vote 10—Grants and contributions..........$67,965,000 (Votes 1, 5 and 10 agreed to on division) CANADIAN TOURISM COMMISSION Vote 1—Payments to the Commission..........$95,665,913 (Vote 1 agreed to on division) COPYRIGHT BOARD Vote 1—Program expenditures..........$3,834,507 (Vote 1 agreed to on division) DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$459,957,408 Vote 5—Capital expenditures..........$7,433,000 Vote 10—Grants and contributions..........$2,389,191,705 Vote L15—Payments pursuant to subsection 14(2) of the Department of Industry Act..........$300,000 Vote L20—Loans pursuant to paragraph 14(1)(a) of the Department of Industry Act..........$500,000 (Votes 1, 5, 10, L15 and L20 agreed to on division) DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$42,274,210 Vote 5—Grants and contributions..........$228,161,383 (Votes 1 and 5 agreed to on division) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF CANADA FOR THE REGIONS OF QUEBEC Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$40,468,977 Vote 5—Grants and contributions..........$255,628,788 (Votes 1 and 5 agreed to on division) FEDERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$30,390,354 Vote 5—Grants and contributions..........$218,183,579 (Votes 1 and 5 agreed to on division) NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$454,716,057 Vote 5—Capital expenditures..........$56,400,030 Vote 10—Grants and contributions..........$461,135,770 (Votes 1, 5 and 10 agreed to on division) NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$54,411,479 Vote 5—Grants..........$1,304,972,077 (Votes 1 and 5 agreed to on division) SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$34,825,266 Vote 5—Grants..........$938,395,419 (Votes 1 and 5 agreed to on division) STANDARDS COUNCIL OF CANADA Vote 1—Payments to the Council..........$18,321,000 (Vote 1 agreed to on division) STATISTICS CANADA Vote 1—Program expenditures..........$539,369,331 (Vote 1 agreed to on division)

Industry committee  Thank you so much, everyone. I look forward to seeing you on Thursday. With that, the meeting is adjourned.

Industry committee  Thank you very much. With that, we'll now turn to MP Lemire. Mr. Lemire, you have the floor for two and a half minutes.

Industry committee  Thank you very much. We'll now move to MP Masse. You have the floor for two and a half minutes.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Dagenais. We'll now turn to MP Jowhari. You have the floor for five minutes.

Industry committee  Unfortunately, yes, you are out of time. I'm not sure if it's possible, but perhaps you can maybe circulate that information to the clerk, who can circulate it to the committee.

Industry committee  Thank you very much. With that, we will now start a second round. We will not be able to complete the second round, as we have votes with respect to the main estimates. I will start with MP Nater. You have the floor for five minutes.

Industry committee  I'm sorry, but your time is up, Mr. Lemire. I will now turn to MP Masse. You have the floor for six minutes.

Industry committee  Thank you very much, MP Jaczek. Mr. Lemire, you now have the floor for six minutes.

Industry committee  Thank you very much. Our next round of questions goes to MP Jaczek. You have the floor for six minutes.

Industry committee  Unfortunately, Mr. Kennedy, we can't hear you. Could you possibly get a little closer?

Industry committee  It's a little better.

Industry committee  Thank you, Minister Joly, for your presentation and for taking the time to speak with us today. We'll take a short break so that you can leave the meeting. Thank you very much, Minister Joly. We will start with the first round of our second panel. Before we start the rounds of questions, I want to introduce the folks who are with us for the technical portion of this meeting.