Finance committee  This is the challenge, and in the Jenkins report there is a reference to looking at the SR and ED credits in one way, which is an indirect form to a more direct form, and this is probably going to be brought back to you. There is also reference to the capital aspects, so venture

Finance committee  I've not learned as well as you have.

Finance committee  Let me start, and then I'll pass it on to my colleagues Suzanne and Alain. I mentioned in my notes several initiatives that have been launched, which are absolutely very innovative and potentially transformative in the long run. It's early in the life of those programs, but the

Finance committee  I think he's tackling a very serious issue. It's something we have all been waiting for. The report is very ambitious. I think everybody agrees that there are some transformative recommendations in that report. The committee has done an outstanding piece of work in listening to a

Finance committee  It's difficult for me to comment. I can comment on McMaster, Mr. Marston, because I had the pleasure of spending ten wonderful years at that university as a faculty member, and I had the opportunity to also launch a private business that is still operating in downtown Hamilton.

Finance committee  It is a very challenging and difficult situation you're in. Trying to, obviously, balance the budget in a timely manner, trying to preserve the momentum we have in terms of research and development, creating knowledge that will benefit future generations, and dealing with all of

Finance committee  I have the experts from the other councils. We have Suzanne Fortier, who is the president of NSERC, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council; Alain Beaudet, the president of CIHR, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; and Carmen Charette, the senior vice-presid

Finance committee  The report released earlier this week by Tom Jenkins, the panel on the funding of R and D in the private sector, goes some way to addressing some of the elements that need to be addressed. It's a challenge that Canada has faced for many years. Our agencies--and I have the pleasur

Finance committee  That's right. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ladies and gentlemen, members of the committee, on behalf of my colleagues and myself, I want to thank you for inviting us to appear before your committee. On September 16, at the opening of a world-class research facility in Saskatchewan, th

Finance committee  Yes, I can do this. There have been three investments, totalling $1.3 billion, since 2007.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. We've been fortunate in recent years. As you know, the Canada Foundation for Innovation has been in place for a little over 10 years, so Canada is very new at the business of funding the types of science and technology investments that we're

Finance committee  Thank you Mr. Chair. First, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to the Standing Committee on Finance. Budgets are about tough choices for government—everybody accepts that. They are about setting some clear national priorities and making sure that the imp