Finance committee  That's an argument we've been making for some time, on the basis, as we understand it, of the transfers from the federal government to the provincial government. But these in fact are based on residency. Some of our universities have 30% to 40% of out-of-province students—not at

Finance committee  Certainly the funding that was provided has been absolutely critical. If you look at the figures for Atlantic Canada, a very significant share of that money has come in over the period of the foundation. In terms of the structure, of course, there was a sunset element to it, beca

Finance committee  Sure. Thanks very much for that. Springboard, as you mentioned, is a partnership of universities, and it's been able to support industrial liaison offices on our campuses in terms of commercialization, because that's one of the key aspects. As I mentioned, it's funded through AC

Finance committee  Certainly there is some concern, and I appreciate the arguments put forward by U of T. I was at a dinner a couple of months ago at which the president of U of T made the same remark that they needed to concentrate research funding. I, in my closing remarks, also mentioned that we

Finance committee  It certainly has been. We at St. Mary's have funding from that, actually. It's for a time-use study linked with HRM, which is the basis to develop how people get from A to B and what they do on a certain day. At the same time, then, that can produce policy action with respect to

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I apologize for my croaky voice. I have a cold. As mentioned, my name is Colin Dodds. I'm the president of St. Mary's University, but this morning I'm representing the Association of Atlantic Universities. My brief has many similarities to what y