Finance committee  Absolutely: I think the Innovation Asset Collective has been a huge success. This is an organization that we work quite closely with. Actually, in the most recent months, we submitted a letter of support not just for the renewal of that program, but also for its expansion. Real

Finance committee  I'll give two very tangible examples. One, as you mentioned, comes from budget 2022, and that is a patent box regime. Again, this is something that many other countries do very well. The idea is that you are taxing commercialized technologies that are developed here in Canada a

Finance committee  That is correct. Our economic output per capita has been the worst among advanced nations in the OECD since the 1970s, and this a trend that we expect to continue until 2060.

Finance committee  Thank you so much. Good morning, Chair and members of the Standing Committee on Finance. I thank you for the opportunity to present today on the pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2023 agenda. My name is Nick Schiavo, and I am the director of federal affairs at the Co

Finance committee  If I could just add to that—

Finance committee  —just generally speaking, I think there's a lot more that can be done in terms of procurement for Canadian companies that have the right solutions. We see this a lot in the cyber sector where, in some cases, they have more luck with the American government than in Canada. So the

Finance committee  Thank you for that question. I might actually turn that over to my colleague.

Finance committee  Thank you, Ms. O'Born. I'm supposed to speak in French but if you don't mind, I'll answer the question in English. I've lost track of the question, but I think one thing that's unique about CCI is that we specifically represent the scale-up community in Canada, which are those

Finance committee  Work with provinces to support students in helping them pay off student debt. Ensure that we don't touch the current regime for employee stock options, which is incredibly important for employee retention by small and medium-sized enterprises. There are also other ideas in the

Finance committee  I might actually have my colleague handle that one.

Finance committee  In contrast to the other witnesses today, we are not coming with specific amendments. A lot of the elements in budget 2022 we saw as being favourable to innovation, but scarce on details. So we're very much here to advocate for them to be set up in the right way. In terms of SR

Finance committee  Thank you for that question. As we mentioned, we're putting forward a number of recommendations in terms of getting more skilled talent to Canada. In addition to upskilling, we think the fastest route to get that skilled talent to our innovators is through the immigration system

Finance committee  By all means.

Finance committee  For this one, I think it might be better to hear from our vice-president. Dana can field that one.

Finance committee  Good morning to the chair, vice-chairs and members of the Standing Committee on Finance. Thank you for the opportunity to present today on Bill C-19 and the implementation of certain provisions in budget 2022. My name is Nick Schiavo and I am appearing today as the director of f