Industry committee  The cuts to the SR and ED program? We also represent a number of global companies that access SR and ED as well. As you may know, the percentage that this class of company can claim is actually considerably lower than other companies can claim, even though the research and innova

Industry committee  I think that any change to a program that our industry takes advantage of that reduces the envelope of eligibility is bad for us. Obviously the more flexible the regulations are for these programs, the better it is for us.

Industry committee  We have a member in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that has 12 employees.

Industry committee  I would imagine they—

Industry committee  They are paying members of our association so they obviously value that.

Industry committee  We're the first to articulate a number because we did a—

Industry committee  That's okay. We did a study where we consulted across the country. We researched internally, and then we consulted with our member companies as to the schools they used.

Industry committee  The scope of our research was to get the number of programs they offer, not the number of graduates.

Industry committee  It would be useful.

Industry committee  We very well should.

Industry committee  Yes, absolutely.

Industry committee  I think EA bought Distinctive Software in Vancouver in 1991. Distinctive was one of the earliest video game companies. Then 1996-97 was the Ubisoft investment in Montreal. That's where that—

Industry committee  A lot of these video-game-specific programs are relatively new in the last five years as the industry has grown in Canada. The number of institutions offering specific skills to our industry has obviously grown because there is a market demand for that. In some cases the enrolme

Industry committee  It wouldn't be much more than the 15 years.

Industry committee  On average.