Industry committee  Genome B.C. and Genome Québec have done an excellent job of working with the federal government in cases where the provincial governments have made an investment, identified their priorities, and then collaborated with the federal government through Genome Canada. We're trying t

Industry committee  I would like to give you some hope that there is an awareness, and that there is an interest in and a need for communication. Genome Canada and genome centres dedicate a certain percentage of their budgets to communications and public awareness. I think they have recognized the i

Industry committee  I think this is clearly one of the areas that the research community here, the cluster, is talking about: finding ways to more effectively manage intellectual property and work with industry. We talked earlier in my presentation about genomic networks. These networks include sci

Industry committee  This is a facility that basically helps the development. Plant breeding and developing new crop varieties is a very long process. It takes 10, 15, or 20 years to develop new crop varieties. That's where genomics can help. They can identify markers that will accelerate and help sc

Industry committee  The only comment I would like to add is that one way we can improve in this and keep the jobs here and create a better position for Canada is to focus. When we pick areas that we think we can win in and in which we have an advantage, then we need to sustain that investment, and w

Industry committee  I think the most knowledgeable person to answer would be Ron.

Industry committee  The position papers were written by a team of scientists together with their partners from industry and the funding mechanisms. There is a compelling argument for why Canada has the capacity and how we can, with a reasonable investment, make a significant impact on all those issu

Industry committee  I found the article I talked to you about earlier this morning, and I'll give you a copy. It provides excellent data on genetically engineered crops and the social, economic, and humanitarian benefits. In the 12 years since genetically engineered crops were introduced, the growth

Industry committee  If you look at the data in this article, it will show you that there is some GM crop, but it's very small. Canada is fourth in acreage growing GM crops. The United States is first. China and India are after Canada. Argentina and Brazil are second and third.

Industry committee  You need to have policies that will attract the best and the brightest by compensation. A lot of organizations are restricted in their ability to attract and pay. They have an idea of whom they want, but the pay scale is restricted by public policy or whatever, and that is a big

Industry committee  Further to your question, one of the things we can do to excite and encourage more private investment is to have mechanisms to take the research that is done at the universities and in the federal labs further down the value chain. A good example is crop research. I gave you the

Industry committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We would like to thank the chair and the committee for the invitation to appear at this meeting. I am joined by Carol Reynolds, our director of communications and government relations. Genome Prairie is one

Industry committee  You were close; it's Konecsni.