Industry committee  First, I just realized that I didn't give you the complete picture. We also have $1.7 million in that office of consumer affairs in a sort of grant program that provides grants to consumer organizations around the country for their work. With respect to your second question, Dav

Industry committee  Well, every year the Privy Council Office works with departments to develop a Government of Canada advertising plan that supports the priorities identified in the Speech from the Throne and the budget. An overall funding envelope is approved by Treasury Board and redistributed to

Industry committee  Just as a little background on spectrum, wireless companies require spectrum in order to compete effectively in the market. The government has had a spectrum policy since 2008 to make spectrum available in such a way as to promote competition, investment, and availability of serv

Industry committee  Yes. We have $2.7 million in the office of consumer affairs.

Industry committee  This program has been similar over the years. There are two components to it. One is related to the computers for schools program, where federal computers are refurbished and then provided to schools. As a part of that, youth are provided with the opportunity to learn skills, t

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  I'll let Rob take that.

Industry committee  The government has recognized in the Speech from the Throne that there is an issue with respect to geographic price discrimination, but broadly speaking, and has included a commitment in the Speech from the Throne to take further action to address that. With respect to the auto

Industry committee  We have an office at consumer affairs within the department that looks at general consumer issues. We also have an automotive branch that looks at the competitiveness of the automotive industry and the dynamics of that industry. We wouldn't break it down into one specific policy

Industry committee  I would just note that the $11.9 million is the first installment on a $250 million commitment by the federal government to extend the automotive innovation fund over a five-year period. It's really only this year's piece of what will be an initiative going over a five-year perio

Industry committee  By way of introduction, I would note that foreign investment is very critical to the Canadian economy, and this is recognized by Canada. When we look internationally, we see that we have one of the more open foreign investment regimes among countries. Recently there have been a n

Industry committee  There is $1.6 million a year—

Industry committee  —that goes towards reviewing transactions as they come in. That is for a group that is responsible for reviewing any transactions as they come in, for assessing and providing advice on the undertakings that are provided in those transactions, and for following up on those underta

Industry committee  They would be covered generally by our legal budget. We have a legal budget within the department that would cover our legal activities. In some cases we would reallocate internally or between ourselves and the Department of Justice to fund court cases, if we have something unusu

Industry committee  Yes.