Natural Resources committee  Unfortunately, I do not have this information.

Natural Resources committee  We will find out whether or not this information is available and can be made public.

Natural Resources committee  We do not have this information. As Mr. D'Iorio said, we review priorities on a regular basis, and not in conjunction with budget cutbacks. If we obtain this information, we will submit it to the committee clerk.

Natural Resources committee  These employees work primarily in the CanmetENERGY laboratories. Approximately 450 employees work in our three laboratories, namely in the one located in Ottawa, the one in Varennes, situated across from Montreal, in the South Shore region, and the one in Devon, Alberta. In addit

Natural Resources committee  We also have many employees at Forestry Canada who work in the bioenergy sector. Some of our researchers in Hamilton are working on materials in energy-related fields, such as transportation or pipelines.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. Approximately 500 employees are working in the energy field, but a hundred or so are working outside of this field.

Natural Resources committee  I think that's through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, but I'm not sure.

Natural Resources committee  In addition to the funding programs, we have laboratories. These laboratories work directly with universities or industry, and industry pays for the collaborative research, so we have even more projects going on outside the funding envelopes that Marc D'Iorio described.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. I want to add a little bit on the clean technology side, which includes renewable energy and energy efficiency companies and all that. There is a lot of R and D happening. The latest report by Analytica Advisors estimated that the industry is worth about $9 billion, and th

Natural Resources committee  I'm not knowledgeable on that subject. We could definitely find out more information. I don't know whether my colleague Marc is aware of it, but I am not.

Natural Resources committee  I'm saying I'm not aware of it, but we can definitely find out; we can go back to the department and get back to you on how these are being used within Natural Resources Canada.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, and I also would refer to the Jenkins report, which did quite an extensive analysis of government support to business R and D. It looked at both direct and indirect measures of support for research development.

Natural Resources committee  I would just add one little thing. Probably one of the performance indicators that Marc referred to in his presentation is leverage. I think it shows how important research investment is to the private sector or to the university partner. It's clearly one of our main indicators t

Natural Resources committee  Is it specific areas?

Natural Resources committee  Well, I think there are a series of different types of innovations that you'll want to look at. We're only looking at supply right now. I think I would ask the question after you've looked at the three segments, because they're all very interrelated. You'll notice that issues tha