Finance committee  I can certainly send it to you.

Finance committee  In general, yes, I can. We have been working a lot with various universities across Canada. The $19 million on an ongoing basis represents a sum of about $7 million that would be needed at McMaster to increase the amount of time the reactor runs there. We run it a certain number

Finance committee  On this concept that we're good innovators but not good at commercializing, we certainly believe that's very true. There are two other points I'd like to bring up that we discuss in universities an awful lot. One is the procurement of devices and infrastructure that are made by

Finance committee  Absolutely, there's just no question that when many of our best students leave, the States looks better. There's often better research funding and more opportunities for them there. We lose people. I just came back from Silicon Valley a while ago, and I met with the Canadian Cl

Finance committee  The development of more of an innovation economy and entrepreneurship across all of Canada. One of the things we're trying to do with our students, partly because of demand from students, is more entrepreneurship training and business skills.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Thank you. My name is Rob Baker. I'm the vice-president for research at McMaster University. I want to thank the committee for the opportunity to speak to you today about McMaster and our views on the country's productivity and competitiveness. At McMaster, we put a lot of emph