Special Reports

Special Reports are commissioned by Industry Canada with the intention of encouraging analysis and discussion of specific issues.

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Government Response to the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information Privacy and Ethics — Statutory Review of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
October 17, 2007

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Manufacturing: Moving Forward — Rising to the Challenge — The Government Response to the Fifth Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology
May 29, 2007

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Framework of Common Principles for Electronic Commerce with Mexico and the United States
June 27, 2005

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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

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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.

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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.

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"Branding Canada" for Investment Promotion — Boston and Dallas Pilots
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.

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The National Hockey League in Canada (PDF — 3,500KB — 53 pages)
October 1999

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.