Government Operations committee  We took our direction from the budget. Nothing for which we were allocated funds from vote 35 was not mentioned in chapter 3 of the budget. It said “government priorities” and made pretty clear that certain of those priorities were the responsibility of the Department of Industry

Government Operations committee  In my case, it's coming from my deputy minister directly.

Government Operations committee  As it happens, I can confirm the 2%. Tourism represents about 2% of GDP. I'm afraid I can't give you a comparison, say, with forestry or other sectors. I don't have that, but I can confirm that tourism represents about 2% of GDP.

Government Operations committee  If that analysis has been done, I don't have the results of it. Can I undertake to see if that has been done and get back to you?

Government Operations committee  It will be a mix. There will be consultants. We need to get help to do the analysis we're doing now, but it's really a rather modest amount. Most of the money will be spent building out in partnership with the private sector. This is a cost-shared undertaking. Most of the money a

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Of the $84 million allocated to this year, our forecast is that the vast majority of that money will be going to building out or to activities that are necessary to build out, like engineering, surveying, and things like that.

Government Operations committee  The operative assumption right now is that this $84 million will all be spent this year.

Government Operations committee  It's a big country.

Government Operations committee  Thank you. Industry Canada did receive $10 million for 2009-10 for the Canada Business Youth Foundation. The money did come from vote 35. The expectation is that this $10 million will allow us to make something in the order of 450 new loans to young entrepreneurs, with a ceilin

Government Operations committee  Let me have a go, and I think I can give you some comfort. First, though, let me confirm the amount of the allocation. It was indeed $84 million, from about $35 million for this fiscal year. The total amount of money allocated to broadband was $225 million for 2009-10 and 2010-1

Government Operations committee  They do indeed.

Government Operations committee  I don't want to waste your time. I understand.

Government Operations committee  Sure. Here's one of the things that the private sector doesn't know. They don't know who they don't serve and we don't know who they don't serve. We're trying to find this out so that we take this limited amount of money for this project and make sure it gets spent in the right p

Government Operations committee  I wasn't sure, Ms. Bourgeois, if you had finished or not. Pardon me.