Government Operations committee  The easiest thing could be on the test bed in smaller departments. It's easier to move Fisheries—though it's also a big department—than to move DND, for example. There's more innovative culture there. That's the type of place where we could have lower-hanging fruit, no doubt. A

Government Operations committee  I want to say that if the state decided that the Crown corporation needs to be in this sector, the notion of green government should fall under the public interest of Crown corporations in the world, such as VIA Rail or Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.

Government Operations committee  When we travel around the world, we often realize that companies in China and other countries aren't adapting to the market forces, but to the environmental reality, air quality or other factors of this nature. The countries are adapting. We can see that clean technology is a rap

Government Operations committee  I would say that with the actual policies in place, IRAP, SDTC, SIF at ISED, and others, a lot of that is being done, with 10% to 15% to finish to go to the end of the road. Essentially, it could be the procurement system of Canada, where the federal government and other public a

Government Operations committee  My name is Jean-François Béland, and I am a member of the board of directors of the CanadaCleantech Alliance. I am also vice-president of General Fusion, in Burnaby.