Finance committee  I think there are a couple of things to say about that. First, you're absolutely right that, at the end of the day, the colleges' core mandate is teaching, and that will never change. But we do have a lot of professors now who frankly have a real interest in the applied research

Finance committee  I'd suggest that a specific area of focus for us is probably small and mid-sized enterprises, as opposed to IT or biotechnology. The reason for that, frankly, is that it's the sector that's received very little attention in this area. We had a pilot project in the Ontario colle

Finance committee  I could take a first crack at it. I think there are a lot of things in play. One of them, frankly, is that most policy-makers in government are university graduates, so they don't come to the table with an understanding of colleges. In fact, it's something that the president of

Finance committee  We get virtually none of that money right now.

Finance committee  We'd like the whole pot increased by 5% and we'd like all of that 5%.

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'm Linda Franklin, and with me is Bill Summers, the vice-president of research and policy. I should start by saying we agree entirely with everything Tyler and Paul and Pamela have said, so we really have nine recommendations for you today. We'