Industry committee  Mr. Wallace, could I add to that? It creates an incentive to—

Industry committee  —recover the money from the program. I think that was the original thought in the recycling of these funds to the program.

Industry committee  I would say it's certainly our working assumption that this is the way it will work. This, of course, depends on the decisions of Parliament in the future, but I would also say, without saying any names, that we are in active discussions with a number of companies right now relat

Industry committee  I did not understand. What industry are you talking about?

Industry committee  I'll have to confess that I don't know anything about that funding now. If it is in fact Industry Canada funding, I will find out and get back to you in a timely way.

Industry committee  I will research the question and give a written answer, but I'm not aware that there are criteria laid out for the exact timing. As far as the delegation of authority goes, I would just say that in general the form of a department is under the authority of the deputy minister, a

Industry committee  When you're talking about this program, do you mean our spending related to R and D?

Industry committee  This is obviously a very important question for us. There are a couple of facts that are staring us in the face here. One is that we are a leader in the OECD on public support for R and D, and we're pretty successful in terms of our results, especially in terms of basic science.

Industry committee  I'm still here.

Industry committee  Unfortunately, what we really need to do to give you a good answer to that is the RPP of FedDev Ontario, which we don't have right now. The other thing to say, of course, is that Minister Goodyear and Bruce Archibald are the real experts, so they'll be the ones who could give y

Industry committee  I would just tell you, though, with respect to your previous question, that SODP, I'm advised, is a five-year program.

Industry committee  No, they love our service.

Industry committee  But the biggest one is CIPO, the patents office, and CIPO has a revolving fund, so that fees are paid with the submission of patents and copyright, and those fees are used to offset the costs of administering that. I mean, there are rules around the fact that this can't be a pro

Industry committee  We have to line up over time--over time, not at every instant in time--our reasonable costs with the fees that we charge. I think it's safe to say that we don't get a lot of criticism from our clients on the question of fees.

Industry committee  Almost 95% of the increase, I think, is stimulus.