Industry committee  I would not say that we worked with the minister to make sure anything happened. We kept him up to date because we felt that it was an important Canadian issue. In some cases we seek their guidance, but that's about it.

Industry committee  Yes, it's my belief that there is enough room in the current situation to make sure that if all the parties got together, we'd at least have an opportunity to come up with something more palatable to all the parties.

Industry committee  I think we were fairly clear on that: the LTE assets and the LTE patents as well.

Industry committee  When you read it, there was the purchase of the actual business, which was not contemplated originally because that was never offered to us before they entered bankruptcy. Then, as I said, once they entered bankruptcy, the scope changed and increased because there was more availa

Industry committee  Which minister is that?

Industry committee  This week.

Industry committee  My staff has reached out to all the parties and has continued to reach out to all the parties. Some have been successful, and others have not.

Industry committee  I would argue that if you don't use BlackBerry--sorry for the plug--you may be facing a national security issue, because we design security into our products. It was not designed into the networks. It is critically important that we understand where these networks are vulnerable

Industry committee  Certainly you would expect that to be the case, but that has not, sadly, been the case in the past.

Industry committee  We have to be very careful with 20/20 hindsight. The important thing was that we already thought we had a deal for the assets under the terms that we found acceptable. Then, when the auction was opened up and there were the other players, the stalking horse bid had already been m

Industry committee  That's a very interesting question, and I want to be clear in my answer. The first thing you have to understand is that it's not scale, it's quality and innovation and ability to service your customer. Those are the number one most important things. If that weren't the case, RIM

Industry committee  The second thing is, yes, we do have the scale today to be able to support this R and D and make sure it benefits our country.

Industry committee  I'm not a tax expert, but what I can tell you is that if they were available, of course, we would try to obtain them, as any business would. I don't know if they're part of this. I don't even know what the status of those tax credits is.

Industry committee  Well, the first thing that happens when you have the kind of growth that we've been blessed with—I mean, you're talking about more than a decade where your average growth is 80% a year—of course, is that it really helps the local economy, and then it starts generating taxes to he

Industry committee  Well, this wireless technology, and BlackBerry specifically, is already playing a very important role and has found itself in widespread use for law enforcement and government use as well as industry use and personal use. So that's already happening. Today's 3G networks, which b