Finance committee I'm Matt Jeneroux, member of Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend. There are two of us from Alberta, so we can take Northwest Territories today.
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank to all of you for being here today, and to those of you who have travelled to be here. I do want to come back to you guys at D-Wave, but I will start with you, Mr. Adem, from Mitacs. How many projects does Mitacs have on the go right now?
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee How does a project become funded by Mitacs?
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee Is the committee based at your head office in Toronto?
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee I toured something in Toronto.
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee So it's largely applied research.
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee That's an interesting analogy. That's good. I have a couple of things. First of all, the majority of your projects are based in Ontario and Quebec, from what I understand, and there are very few in the Prairies. I'm curious as to why that would be. There's nothing in the north e
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee But the committee ends up approving who applies. I don't mean this to be a criticism of your program, but is there more education we need to do in the Prairies to encourage applications?
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee That's particularly in Alberta, but I wanted to get your comment on the impact on the research support funding.
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee You're still keeping the lights on, to an extent. The researchers who are doing projects are still being funded.
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee What could be funded if the research support fund were funded?
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee Yes, to keep the lights on and for basic equipment.
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee Thanks. I don't have a lot of time, and I do want to go quickly to D-Wave. Mr. Wall, you mentioned the superclusters and the role that you in particular are playing. When it comes to the superclusters, I couldn't help but notice that you talked a lot in the past tense—i.e., you
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee It's been a year, though. You're still waiting for it.
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux
Finance committee As a member of Her Majesty’s loyal opposition, is there anything I can do to help move that along?
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Matt Jeneroux