Industry committee  I have some statistics. The amounts are not the same. They differ by about $250, if I recall. I'm trying to find the extra amount.

Industry committee  Yes, exactly. I'll submit it. In fact, Statistics Canada data shows that college and institute expenditures on library acquisitions, both print and electronic, have increased by 26% since 2011-12. You understand that in the college system we use a variety of materials, as I said.

Industry committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation to appear before you today. My name is Denise Amyot, and I am the President and Chief Executive Officer of Colleges and Institutes Canada. I am joined by Mark Hanna, of Humber College, the bigge

Finance committee  I used to run those labour market agreements years ago when I was a public servant. I think what is happening right now is that there are needs that were not there before. If you just look at automation, you see that it means there are fewer and fewer jobs for people who don't ha

Finance committee  I will start and then I will ask my colleague to answer for, specifically, Nova Scotia. In fact, BCIT is one of our members who publish this on their web page. For colleges and institutes, it's compulsory despite the fact that education is under provincial and territorial jurisdi

Finance committee  From the outset, we were very clear about the Naylor report, which involved pure, basic research.

Finance committee  It talked about an ecosystem, but it said that the people in the community would focus on the recommendations on pure research. However, we submitted a proposal to reiterate the importance of the spectrum from pure research to applied research. Our members focus more on applied r

Finance committee  We are asking for $100 million in funding. Right now, this unfortunately means that we are leaving money on the table from business and industry, who are willing to invest in research and development. Canada is always criticized for that. Why do companies not invest enough? Smal

Finance committee  That's an excellent question. In my answer, I will focus on the applied research under way right now. When funding goes to applied research, it always affects students, in our case. That's the first thing. This means that students learn to work with the private sector, or with

Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair. We appreciate the opportunity to testify on behalf of our network of colleges, institutes, CEGEPs and polytechnics. The members of Colleges and Institutes Canada, CICan, serve 1.5 million learners from 3,000 urban, rural, remote, and northern communitie

Finance committee  I'll stop here.

Finance committee  Absolutely. Most of our colleges are now involved in applied research and, for example, we have 30 technology access centres across the country. In Quebec alone, they have close to 50 college centres for the transfer of technology, CCTT. Above and beyond that, I'll just give you

Finance committee  Second, we believe that we should increase the funding for indigenous education at the post-secondary level. The government has ensured that there is funding for K to 12, but has not for post-secondary. We must strengthen skills upgrading in indigenous communities, so we recommen

Finance committee  Mr. Chair and committee members, thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you on behalf of Canada's extensive network of colleges, CEGEPs, polytechnics, and institutes that serve over 3,000 urban, rural, northern, and remote communities from coast to coast to coas

Finance committee  What is very interesting is that when commodity prices are low and there are less jobs in the industry, people go back to school. They go back to acquire increased skills because they realized while they were working that they could be better and they could aspire to a better car