Industry committee  In the aerospace industry, I'll say that if you look at the first 100 years of aerospace, you'll see that an aircraft was a tube with wings on it. Perhaps not in my lifetime but in my children's lifetime, I think an aircraft will look different. It will look more like a boomerang

Industry committee  I don't deal with nuclear waste.

Industry committee  I would say it's more to develop the IP. The securing of IP through the IP protection capabilities is probably sufficient. It's really to develop the IP. You have to develop that IP.

Industry committee  The short answer is yes.

Industry committee  I'll add a couple of things. We had a quick discussion around CARIC. The IP framework around that collaborative network is really links to domains of expertise. If we do a collaborative project with a university and a small or medium enterprise, then for the use in gas turbine en

Industry committee  I would like to add something. As a result of the Emerson Report, the federal government established steps. It also talked about CARIC, which supports basic technology and research. The technology demonstrators program supports medium development technologies. On the other hand

Industry committee  Yes. April 2014 was the inauguration. Had you asked me at that point if we would be this far advanced, I would have not believed it. We have subscribed all the projects we expected to do in its first year of operation. It's pan-Canadian in terms of the pull. There was some concer

Industry committee  I would say that on the basic physics, we haven't developed new physics. I would say that the capability to manufacture components using some of the newer technologies allows us to actually put into practice some of the things I've been dreaming about for the last 10 or 15 years.

Industry committee  Beyond that, I'll add two things. There was a mention of women in science and promoting women in science. I think there's an opportunity to tap into the knowledge capability of women. Many of the provinces do have women in science chairs and the like, and I think that's one oppo

Industry committee  Sure. For one, perhaps a bit more generally, certainly the encouragement of STEM programs, early learning, high schools, and the like, and getting the industry to be involved in such things to encourage young individuals to like the sciences, I think is a way forward. In terms

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee, for this opportunity to speak today. Disruptive technologies are an important element but not the only element of an innovation process. They can lead to true breakthroughs in the design, function, and costs of products, and contribute to sign