{"time": "2012-05-08 09:10:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Phil McColeman (Brant, CPC)", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2867568\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Minister, for being here today and to you, Mr. Archibald, for being here and giving us the backdrop. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2867569\" data-originallang=\"en\">Recollecting where we were in 2008 in southern Ontario, and where my riding exists in southwestern Ontario, some of the initial investments made through the establishment of FedDev dealt with large infrastructure projects, with investments in municipal infrastructure, and the like. The one I want to focus on is the knowledge infrastructure fund, how it in some ways transformed certain facilities of academia and upgraded them to be able to go to the next level. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2867570\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like you to make some comments perhaps on some of the feedback you've received from the institutions, the universities, colleges, polytechnics, and maybe even provide one or two examples of how this has actually moved them, I believe, from having seen the evolution in breaking down some of their barriers\u2014so that they can co-operate with business and help create jobs in this economy. </p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2867568\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident, et merci monsieur le ministre de vous \u00eatre d\u00e9plac\u00e9 aujourd'hui, et merci \u00e0 vous, monsieur Archibald, d'\u00eatre l\u00e0 et de nous donner le contexte.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2867569\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je me rappelle o\u00f9 nous en \u00e9tions en 2008 dans le Sud de l'Ontario, et l\u00e0 o\u00f9 se trouve ma circonscription, dans le Sud-ouest de l'Ontario, les premiers investissements r\u00e9alis\u00e9s gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'\u00e9tablissement de FedDev portaient sur de grands projets d'infrastructure, tels que des investissements dans l'infrastructure municipale et des projets du genre. J'aimerais parler du fonds d'infrastructure du savoir et de la fa\u00e7on dont cela a transform\u00e9 certaines installations universitaires et les a mises \u00e0 niveau afin de les am\u00e9liorer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2867570\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais que vous nous parliez de la r\u00e9troaction que vous avez re\u00e7ue de ces \u00e9tablissements, ces universit\u00e9s, ces coll\u00e8ges, ces \u00e9coles polytechniques, et peut-\u00eatre m\u00eame que vous nous donniez un ou deux exemples de la fa\u00e7on dont cela les a transform\u00e9s, puisque j'ai vu l'\u00e9volution et les obstacles qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 franchis, afin qu'ils puissent coop\u00e9rer avec les entreprises et aider \u00e0 cr\u00e9er des emplois.</p>"}, "url": "/committees/industry/41-1/29/phil-mccoleman-1/", "politician_url": "/politicians/phil-mccoleman/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1121/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "7564798", "document_url": "/committees/industry/41-1/29/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Findustry%2F41-1%2F29%2F"}}