Special Reports are commissioned by Industry Canada with the intention of encouraging analysis and discussion of specific issues.
Framework of Common Principles for Electronic Commerce with Mexico and the United States
— June 27, 2005
Adobe Acrobat Version (PDF - 181KB - 8 pages)
Government Response to the Tenth Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology — Canada's Innovation Strategy: Peer Review and the Allocation of Federal Research Funds
— November 8, 2002
HTML | Adobe Acrobat Version (PDF - 101KB - 16 pages)
Government Response to the Report of the House of Commons
Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology
"A Plan to Modernize Canada's Competition Regime"
October 1, 2002
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Science and Technology Excellence in the Public Service (STEPS):
A Framework for Excellence in Federally
Performed Science and Technology
A Report of the Council of Science and Technology Advisors
August 2001
Science and Technology Excellence in the Public Service identifies the unique characteristics of excellence that distinguish federally performed science and technology (S&T), and offers a framework for excellence in government S&T. The report defines the main elements of S&T excellence and identifies mechanisms to measure excellence in the conduct and management of federal S&T. It also offers recommendations for federal science-based departments and agencies to encourage and measure excellence. This is the third report of the Council of Science and Technology Advisors.
Science and Technology Excellence in the Public Service (STEPS)
(PDF - 431KB - 38 pages)
Supporting Small Business Innovation:
Review of the Business Development Bank of Canada
June 2001
On June 20, 2001, the Honourable Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry, tabled the document Supporting Small Business Innovation: Review of the Business Development Bank of Canada. The report follows through on the commitment in the Business Development Bank of Canada enabling legislation (1995) to conduct a review of the provisions and operations of the Business Development Bank of Canada Act five years after its coming into force, and to report within one year.
Two supporting research reports are available online. These are the Angus Reid Group report Financing Services to Canadian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the SECOR report Recent Developments in SME Debt Financing: The Supply Side.
HTML | Adobe Acrobat Version (PDF - 1,873KB - 133 pages)
Brand Canada Report
March 2001
On behalf of Investment Partnerships Canada (IPC), Earnscliffe Research & Communications, working with Wirthlin Research in the United States, was asked to conduct an intensive qualitative assessment of American executives to explore their attitudes toward investment in Canada.
Brand Canada Report (PDF - 469KB - 152 pages)
The National Hockey League in Canada
October 1999
Public Policy Forum
On October 25, 1999, John Manley, Minister of Industry, released the report of the Public Policy Forum on consultations involving the stakeholders of National Hockey League (NHL) teams in Canada. The Forum's report, which was presented to the Minister and other stakeholders, summarized the results of consultations and provided recommendations.
The National Hockey League in Canada (PDF - 3,500KB - 53 pages)
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