Industry committee  Open science and open-source licensing are two separate questions. Open science, I think, is important. In fact, it was addressed in the fundamental science review for the federal government to have a straightforward ability to connect the federal government with international p

Industry committee  Yes, there would be concern because we want to get the devices to market as soon as we possibly can. However, we're very hopeful, given the fact that we had discussions back and forth with Health Canada to define the parameters of the product that we are going to be supplying a

Industry committee  If you look at the expansion of COVID-19 into South America, Africa and parts of Asia, such as India, they are still in an exponential rise in terms of the number of cases. On the question of having broad manufacturing capability around the world on a new design that is potential

Industry committee  It is for humanitarian purposes. That's right.

Industry committee  The intellectual property that we as scientists and engineers have brought to this, we all wish for it to be as open as possible. In dealing company to company between our manufacturing partners and other companies, that's their objective, although I think they're also motivated

Industry committee  Let me give you the example of our dark matter studies. We're looking for the particles that make up five times as much mass in our universe than we do and that hold our galaxy together. We have a project happening at SNOLAB right now. We are working internationally with a group

Industry committee  I really don't think I'm qualified to comment effectively on Health Canada's actions with respect to others. Admittedly, as one of the four ventilator projects—StarFish being another one that was approved by the Canadian government—and having been given priority, we have except

Industry committee  I'm very pleased that we have been able to mobilize several Canadian companies to get into this needed technology. The companies themselves have been extremely co-operative and have brought expertise to the table. I'm sure it's also happening with the StarFish device, as that is

Industry committee  That's correct. We're hoping to start production at the end of this month.

Industry committee  To my understanding, and I think it would also be true for the StarFish ventilators, the ones that the federal government is contracting for are to be distributed by the federal government to the provinces and/or stockpiled. As well, potentially, if Canada's need are met, includi

Industry committee  That is correct, and it is because what Health Canada will approve is what is manufactured in Canada. In the last three or four weeks, companies in Canada in combination with our partners in Europe have been industrializing the design and have been securing the supply chain. It w

Industry committee  We started our project in Italy on March 19 and in Canada on March 23. That was predicated by the very dire circumstance in Italy that stimulated our original response. At that time, we began discussions with the people who were already active in this area, which included NRC and

Industry committee  No, I'm sorry, I must have misspoken earlier. We are planning to submit to Health Canada in a couple of weeks' time.

Industry committee  At that point, they have committed to giving us a three- to five-day turnaround.

Industry committee  No. Actually, it's just the opposite. Health Canada has been very helpful as we've gone forward. There are some small differences between what the approval that we already have from the FDA is and what Health Canada will be looking for, but in particular, Health Canada will be pr