Industry committee  The supplementary estimates specifically address this funding for Destination Canada to work on our priority markets to enhance our level of effort. I think the other part of this is that you're talking about what I call whole-of-government coordination around tourism.

Industry committee  There is such a whole-of-government table that's led by our department in support of the minister responsible for tourism, to bring all departments, including for example Transport Canada, but also the border services agency and departments that can have a significant impact and

Industry committee  The specifics of the performance metrics around Destination Canada's activities are one question in and of itself. I know that they track visitation levels, tourist export revenues generated by visitors, and the ratio of partner co-investment they can attract with the dollars we

Industry committee  The funding in the estimates relates to analytics to support key industrial capabilities. The idea here is that in evaluating industrial and technological benefits related to defence procurements, this evaluation will be a weighted factor in the decision among different bidders.

Industry committee  Specifically, this is broad support across all procurement. It could relate specifically to fighters, it could relate to shipbuilding, or any areas of industrial capability that Canada is looking to enhance and grow, and improve over time, and how those could impact on many procu

Industry committee  There are two ministries that were involved. They are Natural Resources Canada and Environment Canada, which is now Environment and Climate Change Canada. This transfer gives effect to the change in the machinery of government. When the cabinet was formed, that brought SDTC into

Industry committee  Destination Canada works in close partnership with many partners across the country. Provinces have active programs to bring in tourists to destinations, as do municipalities. I know they partner locally with Ottawa and with other cities that are trying to draw in tourists. The o

Status of Women committee  We are initiating this as part of the management framework that the deputy put in place a year or so ago. We'll do a complete self-assessment—my group will guide this—on our performance. Part of it is tracking the implementation, training, and performance required for completing

Status of Women committee  I would point out here, on the ground, that a really significant tool is the regional development agencies. In the case of northern Ontario it's FedNor, which has been a part of our department, but they operate like a regional development agency. They have a funding budget. They

Status of Women committee  The reference was to the Canada Excellence Research Chairs program of the tri-councils. It was its inaugural round of selection—all men. There was an ad hoc group commissioned by the minister to look at the situation and develop recommendations essentially for the universities,

Status of Women committee  In quickly coming back, I think the audit—as audits do—looks back. I would say that what it identified in terms of the quality of the work that was done around the computers for schools was an opportunity missed. I think I said that before, and I'm perfectly comfortable to descri

Status of Women committee  Repetition is the art of pedagogy, so I would restate that I think the best example for us was the science and technology innovation strategy renewal where the gender-based analysis that supported it actually identified and provided the evidence in terms of participation of women

Status of Women committee  It's Industry, Science, and Economic Development, and we're calling it ISED. If we say it enough it will become the acronym, and then no one will know what we're talking about. Yes, we have similar requirements in our department to have that work done on a mandatory basis.

Status of Women committee  It's within the department. It's incumbent upon us to do this work within our organizations. Our deputies operate under the policy and should make sure it's done. There are certainly circumstances where proposals will come forward, and the first assessment of whether a full GBA a

Status of Women committee  Well, I would say more importantly it's actually happening before it ever gets to go to the cabinet table or the Treasury Board committee, because it's incumbent upon departments to see that it's done. Then we're essentially giving accounting to the central agencies that it's bee