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Finance committee I would even go further. I think we can be an instrument for harmonizing the partnerships between the various institutions. I was also at that meeting last night. We had nine universities that are essentially world-class universities in ocean and arctic research. One of our job
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Finance committee We are. We call ourselves TC3 plus. So the Tri-Council—SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR—are the three granting councils that are obviously agencies of government. CFI is another group that essentially supports the research activities by providing research funding for equipment and faciliti
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Finance committee They would go to the agencies—SSHRC, CIHR, or NSERC—for the research funding. They would come to us for the facilities, for the equipment and the installations.
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Finance committee Let me try to answer that.
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Finance committee That's what I was going to say, Mr. Chair. I'll put on my former hat as a former university president. First of all, we have to recognize that defined benefit plans across Canada are very, very challenging in a period where the inflation rate is extremely low and where the actu
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Finance committee There may be one. Personally I cannot draw such a direct link. I will come back to your question on the funding of research. Over the past two years, there was certainly a levelling off, but it was during a very difficult economic period for all countries. Even though the fundin
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Finance committee Let me explain—
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Finance committee —what CFI is all about. CFI is not a granting council per se. We are an independent—and I guess this is why I've been invited here—organization, an arm's-length organization, which benefits from the investments that the Government of Canada is making in the Canada Foundation for
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Finance committee No—and that's the challenge we have. I'm glad you're raising that question. Essentially we receive money at the will of government on a sporadic basis. So for the past 15 years our awards have been somewhat unpredictable depending on the environment and the conditions and so on a
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Finance committee For example, there's the work that's being done at CERN where Canadians have been involved in particle physics. Some of the greatest developments in technology have taken place because of the basic research that's been done there. So that has been a very important aspect. To you
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Finance committee To the first question, our first recommendation is to advocate for more support for the granting council. As I have said, it's important to ensure that we keep pace with the needs. When you mentioned basic research, absolutely, I think there is a tremendous need to continue our i
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Finance committee Yes, absolutely. We've invested in research infrastructure over the time and these facilities are essentially open for business, as I've indicated. The idea is to try to bring in the private sector to use the facilities that are located within universities and colleges, to benef
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Finance committee It's a very complex issue. If I had the answer to that question, we would all be looking at implementing the elements of the solution. In many ways, it's related to the lack of innovation and productivity that might be taking place within the private sector. A report called Pa
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Finance committee —have been as innovative as they needed to be to address the situation.
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Finance committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. First, please allow me to thank you, as well as all of the members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, for your kind invitation. Today I'll be speaking directly to the topic of federal support for research and innovation. In fact, I'd li
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