Industry committee  I would echo the comments that Dr. Sinervo just made about the independent advice to government on science and the importance of that being sustained in relation to what happens in other jurisdictions. I have nothing much to add there. What I do want to talk about a little is th

Industry committee  Let's start with the federal S and T strategy, because I think what the current government has done—and clearly it builds on the previous government's initiatives through the innovation strategy—is establish some areas in which this country wants to position itself internationall

Industry committee  Let me just say a few things here that I think are vital. One is about those investments that have already been made, and those that we may yet want to make. We're here representing investments that have already been made. These are the consequences of investments in our scient

Industry committee  Perhaps the issue is to distinguish between the three types of funding. The first is capital funding, and I think what you've heard from each of us, certainly in the case of SNOLAB and NEPTUNE, is that the capital funding is in place and we're well through the building of those f

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. I think it's a terrific question, because it gets to the root of where the science culture is in this country and where it is going to come from, in terms of enthusiasm to support all of the things the three of us have talked about. In the context of

Industry committee  One of the wonderful things in this country is the collectivity. We are admired internationally for the collectivity in our classrooms, even with our remote geographies. As a consequence, with web-based Internet platforms, for example, we're streaming our data to them, and then w

Industry committee  Good morning. I welcome this opportunity to speak with you today about the exciting opportunities for Canada created by our country's major science facilities. I speak as the president of Ocean Networks Canada, the not-for-profit organization created by the University of Victori