Industry committee  I'm sorry, but just to clarify, if you're talking about federal investments in research per se, which is in the order of $3 billion, or maybe more if you include the investments in infrastructure through CFI, then yes, that's the lion's share. Then also count provincial investmen

Industry committee  If one takes the narrow view that a dollar invested has to produce a dollar in patentable IP or commercializable products, I don't think that's going to work. The overall question is, is our investment in fundamental science paying off in broad terms with respect to creating econ

Industry committee  That's right. It certainly could be implemented through discussion with the main groups representing the post-secondary institutions, whether CIC, the U15 particularly, or Universities Canada. I think it has tremendous benefit, and would be used to the extent that it would be m

Industry committee  For sure. For the programs that do provide funding for that, or to the extent of the funding provided by the Tri-Council to support knowledge transfer, it could certainly be stipulated that the preference or the requirement is to use templates or to use materials that are widely

Industry committee  Yes. I would agree.

Industry committee  I would agree. Under the right conditions, as has been shown again and again, and as you've heard, the best way to transfer knowledge is via the individuals, the people who move into companies and start to transfer that on a day-to-day basis. To the extent that the program can be

Industry committee  May I add to that?

Industry committee  One other piece of data we know is that the value of post-secondary research collaboratively with industry is over $1 billion a year. This number is many times the amount realized through licensing and royalties. This is an excellent vehicle, in fact, to involve students and rese

Industry committee  That's a great question. In fact it's already happened in some institutions. The consortium that I helped to establish in southwestern Ontario included six universities. We all adopted the same templates. We all adopted the same strategy. In effect, we commercialized each other

Industry committee  Yes. My understanding is that WCIO is doing something similar, so it can be done that way, through the establishment of these consortia. Some of the groups in Quebec, I understand, use the same template material. I think it would be a great idea. I think it should be operationa

Industry committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, vice-chairs and distinguished committee members. I want to thank you all for inviting me here today. Like Bert, I'm also someone who's very interested in this topic, so it's great to have an opportunity to discuss it more fully. It's certainly a very wel

Industry committee  I have a list here. The other thing I would say is that we are extremely happy to be here, first of all, but extremely happy to return at any time: all of us, some of us, more of us. We never tire of telling our story.

Industry committee  First of all, let me say that we are here to serve the people of Canada and the Parliament of Canada, period. On the other side of the innovation equation, one of the examples I like to give is the new technology that's developed for communication devices, smart phones, and so f

Industry committee  My colleague as well, and she works for us.

Industry committee  Absolutely. We need—