Industry committee  I believe that's correct. The fluctuations are really based on Genome's cashflow requirements. Specifically, in budget 2008 there was a minus $0.2 million drop; in budget 2010 there was a $7.3 million positive increase; and then in budget 2012 there was a drop of $15 million, whi

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just by way of introduction, I thought I would take a little time to go through our mandate, our three strategic outcomes, and a few words on the Industry portfolio and the main issues at hand. Overall, Industry Canada helps create a strong business enviro

Industry committee  I'll let Mr. Enns address this question in detail, Mr. Chair. I just want to point out as deputy minister that typically when there are these lapses, it reflects the expenditures. We are moving forward, particularly on vote 10, the grants and contributions, to allow for future ex

Industry committee  Yes, I can. It's true. Two years ago the Canadian Tourism Commission made a specific decision to focus on emerging markets. For example, the growth in China in terms of visitation is significant. Indeed, other markets, which would include India and Brazil, for example, might real

Industry committee  The short answer is yes. What we actually do in the department, from a tourism perspective, is run what we call the interdepartmental tourism strategy. We regularly bring together all the departments that touch the tourism area. I think that's one of the challenges, in effect, in

Industry committee  Thank you for asking that question. I think it is very important to recognize that attracting new investment from large companies in the auto sector remains an important challenge for Canada, an opportunity. A big part of what we need to do in supporting the auto sector is to r

Industry committee  I think a big feature of the program is that matching characteristic, but I'll let Phil Jennings speak to the accountability issue.

Industry committee  As I have just explained, the department is responsible for a committee made up of representatives from all of the departments that have anything to do with tourism. We work in close cooperation with the Department of Transport on air transport issues.

Industry committee  We work on that because it is always a challenge in the tourism sector.

Industry committee  In terms of what the minister responded on this, I would add two things. One is that this is an issue that you should raise directly with Wayne Smith as the chief statistician. I think this is an area that has constantly been a challenge over many censuses, getting strong data fo

Industry committee  Again, as the minister indicated, I think there are lots of other sources of data. I know, having worked with municipalities, you use the Statistics Canada data plus any other source of data you can find to help you do your job.

Industry committee  I think what the minister was saying was that since 2009 and that recessionary period, the Canadian economy has done well in job recovery. That's a fact. I think questions were raised about full-time versus part-time elements at play, and even on the full-time side we have seen s

Industry committee  Well, I think you're asking me, are the World Economic Forum estimates and rankings strong? Without going into a lot of detail, I think they tend to do this on a survey basis—a survey of CEOs—and I would just say it's not strong, qualitative data.

Industry committee  No, I think the minister was saying that we've had a good record.

Industry committee  I think, Mr. Chair, though, I was asked whether the ranking of 26 is good or not, and I gave the answer to that.