Finance committee  I'll add one word at the end.

Finance committee  That's the point I wanted to make.

Finance committee  These are a lot of questions. I'll start at the highest level, which is why are we behind in innovation. Lots of studies--including one from the Council of Canadian Academies--believe the problem is mainly in business innovation; that is, management making the right decisions t

Finance committee  There are many success stories. I'll talk specifically about where we see our role, because innovation has many players, the most important being the business sector itself. We're focusing on creating partnerships, linking the talent that we have in colleges and universities with

Finance committee  Well, I'll give you--

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I'll give a brief response. I think this has to be located on how much we want to up our game, if I can use those words. What I observe around the world is that those who want to up their game significantly because they're way behind—and we see that in countries like China, for e

Finance committee  We work with 1,500 businesses that invest $140 million annually in our programs. We have a wide range of partnerships in every industry. I will give you some examples. We invested in a network supported by the Quebec dairy industry on bovine mastitis, which is a major challenge

Finance committee  Yes. Thank you very much for the question. I'll start with the context. We are truly in a global race in science and innovation, and being able to seize exceptional opportunities just in time is enormously important. I'll mention two things that we've done to increase our agil

Finance committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to appear on behalf of NSERC, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. I am president of NSERC. I am especially happy to be here with my colleagues from the Canad

Official Languages committee  Yes, at NSERC, we tend to switch from one language to the other, often without realizing it, because our organization is truly bilingual. To my knowledge, the deputy ministers we work with can also switch between French and English without a problem.

Official Languages committee  We have not studied it. All I can say is that the deputy ministers we work with in areas of interest to NSERC can generally carry on a conversation in both languages.

Official Languages committee  The deputy ministers that I work with are bilingual. That is all I can tell you.

Official Languages committee  In the sciences and innovation, there is a local context and a global context. I spend a great deal of time in Francophone universities, including Laval University, and I have observed at the local level that people do talk and work together in French; however, when it comes time

Official Languages committee  Yes, exactly.