Industry committee  I remember receiving a briefing note that talked about where we were going to start positioning SDTC, which was in a high-risk area. We basically looked at all of what I call the "silos", whether it was the type of research that's required for technology, or whatever. You said y

Industry committee  It's plays very critical role in where we placed it inside the value chain. As I said, when we started realizing that that clean-tech definition was changing dramatically, when we began this journey as a country—it even goes way back to when I was on the National Round Table on t

Industry committee  In 2015, 2016 and 2017, we began to realize that our organization was really beginning to respond to the marketplace. In other words, we were responding to what was given to us and to our obligations through our statutory requirements through the order in council. We recognized t

Industry committee  No. Like I said, it's left to right. Usually it's the amount, the people involved, the sector it's in and what is there. Is it oil and gas, are they doing something with water treatment, or is it hydro? Are they doing new modular thinking regarding using a technology that allow

Industry committee  That's right.

Industry committee  For me, it was zero. I had zero awareness of any other board member in this area and in the regions across Canada. You have to remember that I come from a very specific community. As I said, there was almost no involvement inside the clean-tech industry. If it was the oil and

Industry committee  Yes. It was.

Industry committee  Yes, I can.

Industry committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and honourable committee members, for having me here today. I want to begin by acknowledging that we are on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin people. My name is George Lafond. I'm a citizen of the Saskatchewan Mus

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think all of us in western Canada are facing this. There's a depopulation of rural Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, so it's not only first nation communities that are facing this issue of attracting talent, but even small towns and small cities. This is why it's important t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  How do you create those programs for literacy and science?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say that this is half full and half empty. I think Canadians have begun to recognize through the government that indigenous education is chronically underfunded. The new funding arrangement has come forward, where we actually now have what I often cautioned leaders about,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Peter. Thank you very much, Delbert. Good morning, Madam Chair and everybody. Jessie, welcome to Ottawa. There's a lot of snow here. I've been involved in public service for about 40 years. I came out of high school, went to university and became a high