HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

EVIDENCE

Standing Committee
on

INDUSTRY

Chairman: David Walker

Meeting No. 31

Tuesday, November 19, 1996

ORDER OF THE DAY:

Review of Science and Technology and the Innovation Gap in Canada

WITNESSES:

``AVINGCO groupe conseil inc.'':

Claude McMaster, President.

Business Development Bank of Canada:

David Mowatt, Senior Vice-president, Emerging Markets.

Capital Alliance Ventures Inc.:

Richard Charlebois, President.

Conference Board of Canada:

Jacek Warda, Principal Research Associate, Management of Innovation and Technology Program.

Royal Bank of Canada:

Susan M. Smith, Vice-President, Knowledge-Based Industries.