Government Operations committee  I wouldn't say it's less fair or transparent. I think it's more an issue of comfort zone. Nobody ever gets fired for buying IBM; that was the old saying, right? You always go to your comfort zone, and most buyers tend to go to the comfort zone. But as you look at the ecosystem

Government Operations committee  There was an announcement made yesterday about some additional funding for BDC, but your point is correct. There needs to be more money going into early-stage funding of companies, through BDC or other agencies, in large part to support the whole privatization process. For most o

Government Operations committee  The biggest issue here would be helping these small businesses at the commercialization phase, which really means adoption of a lot of the ICT technologies at an early stage. Most of these young companies, when they come out they struggle to get their first customer. As the appli

Government Operations committee  That's right.

Government Operations committee  My comment on this draws from my personal experience of running businesses for over 30 years. For small businesses the biggest issue is the commercialization and productization. That is where CICP could play a tremendous role in being the early customer of some of the new innovat

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members, for extending to ITAC the opportunity to meet with you this afternoon and to participate in the study of the effectiveness of the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises and the Canadian innovation and commercialization program. At th