Industry committee  It's their contribution for this conference. The money is required now by the promoter in order to be able to make financial commitments now. A conference of this magnitude requires early—

Industry committee  That's basically what you're doing. For the promoter, as Monsieur McKenzie suggested earlier, it's a lot easier to deal with one department rather than three. We're making the entire management of the full contribution a lot easier that way, easier for them, but for us also.

Industry committee  Money has to be committed early in the process to make some preliminary arrangements to confirm a number of things in these conferences. That's why we need to allocate the money quickly.

Industry committee  I'll have to check, but I think that for those departments, it's pretty much their contribution--

Industry committee  I would just like to say that, under the circumstances, Minister Lebel did review the two-year process. So, organizations which received money and demonstrated that they are able to achieve the results they pledged to achieve, and which still require money, are likely to continue

Industry committee  We would have to look at that specific case.

Industry committee  The form is the one used in Quebec, since Quebec has overall responsibility, and therefore, the Quebec form is the one that's used. We have not been made aware of any particular problems in terms of completing it. We have a committee that manages the agreement, and if we receive

Industry committee  We manage the program, but it belongs to Industry Canada.

Industry committee  The program authorities end in 2010. As to whether or not the program will be renewed, that is a question for Industry Canada.