Industry committee  Sure. CIRA, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, is the country code, top level domain registry for .ca.

Industry committee  No. Indeed, they're also my previous employer. Participation is on the basis of their being a supporter of the program and promoting it to CIRA members. That's one of the reasons the program exclusively gives out .ca domain names, because we really want to integrally link the

Industry committee  Don't forget that Google Wallet just stores existing credentials on a mobile device. So any of the anti-fraud services and protections that your existing credit card provider provides to you would still exist. You would have additional security features, because you have to use a

Industry committee  I'd just add to what the panellists have already said insofar as to say that fundamentally, the businesses that are providing platforms or services online have to demonstrate a compelling value proposition to the other businesses they're trying to get to come online. What Googl

Industry committee  I don't want to opine on the particulars of the government decisions in regard to those CRTC decisions, but I will say in general that the structure of the Telecommunications Act, which allows the cabinet to intervene and substitute its own decision for the CRTC's in certain circ

Industry committee  I thought you'd never ask. There are 118 businesses that have signed up for the program, and 27 that have gone through to publishing websites.

Industry committee  Okay.

Industry committee  You can't throw all those puns at me and then ask me to be serious!

Industry committee  For the 788 businesses in Halifax that signed up for Get Your Business Online and the 143 businesses that have published websites online for the first time, they would probably say that the value proposition was something they'd never seen before. It's hard to know why businesses

Industry committee  Do I get a commission?

Industry committee  First of all, just so that no one feels left out, there are eight businesses in Pembroke that have signed up for this program.

Industry committee  One of them has published its website online through the Get Your Business Online program. To answer your question directly, I'm not aware of any specific initiative. As a practical matter, I don't know that people are afraid of doing business with companies that exist online on

Industry committee  I guess if the question is how a consumer can authenticate a business they're transacting with, I think that goes to fundamental questions of digital literacy. I don't think there can be any one authoritative registry of businesses throughout Canada, but there are any number of

Industry committee  We have a significant R and D facility and some of the best computer scientists in the world working there. So even though it has not launched in Canada, it's made partially in Canada. You'll also be happy to know that in Sudbury, roughly 340 businesses have signed up for the G

Industry committee  The answer to the specific question is that I don't know when we're launching in Canada. I'm hoping it will be soon, and I'm advocating internally that we launch in Canada soon. Fundamentally Google Wallet is a technology that allows you to store your credit card details on your