Industry committee  First of all, it is true that 50 years is much too young for people to retire. We have measured the fact that people between 50 and 65 years are the segment of the current population that is evolving the fastest in terms of adopting digital technology. Of course, there was a lag

Industry committee  I am trying to remember a quote. We are sort of like the third world, because the cost for Internet usage in Canada is one of the highest in the world. Unfortunately, I don't have the numbers, but if you are interested, we can send you the information. Right now, there are chang

Industry committee  Is your question for Ms. Sullivan?

Industry committee  I endorse Ms. Sullivan's comments. In large part, the reward system for researchers is related to publications. The CEFRIO model is very useful for the research done by university researchers who carry out projects on the ground. Since they keep the intellectual property of the r

Industry committee  Right now, we have no financial support from the federal government. We have an operating subsidy from the Government of Quebec that equals 20% of our business. The various mandates that we receive can come from big private businesses or from the various departments of the govern

Industry committee  Take health for example. Canada has a great health care system. It is very expensive and, with the demographic changes, the cost will not go down. In some provinces in Canada and in the U.S., the approach being increasingly used is that citizens are placed at the centre of manag

Industry committee  You are absolutely right. Open data is essential. The important part is to find out which data must be released and how they can be used. We must measure how they are used, what return on investment that can produce and how that can change our society. For example, I can tell y

Industry committee  I am sure that the federal government has a role and a responsibility to support all the provinces so that they interconnect their ways of doing things and develop a common approach with the necessary algorithms to go find the data, without there being a new initiative or experim

Industry committee  Yes, absolutely. You are wondering whether we will always have to adjust and how we will be able to do so. I would say that individuals adjust fairly quickly to what they need. Businesses have no system to transform work processes. Sufficient thought has not been given to transf

Industry committee  I’m sorry I was not able to give you more information, but I will be able to answer any questions you may have.

Industry committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for receiving me today. I will try to stay within the six or seven minutes that I have, but since I am a little passionate about the subject, I might go over time. Please signal me if that is the case. CEFRIO is a centre that suppor

Industry committee  No problem. Thank you. Here is what mainly explains such a big difference between individual users and companies. We are seeing a real lack of financial capacity in SMEs; it is a reality. However, the main obstacle is organizational, in the sense that there is a resistance to ch