In government, science literacy is important in a number of departments, including CIHR, Health Canada, and Industry Canada (the Canadian Biotechnology Secretariat, for example).
Canada's mining industry "stained Canada's international reputation," according to Human Rights Watch senior researcher Chris Albin-LaChris
In addition, searches of an Industry Canada website that lists federally incorporated businesses in Canada yielded three company names.
For example, Industry Canada's Web site comforted my guess about biopharmaceutical companies booming in Canada, and that one of the main problem the industry is facing and will keep facing is the lack of human resources.
Industry Canada, the government department that handles investment reviews, was closed for the New Year holiday on Monday and did not respond to requests for comment.
Like all major foreign takeovers, the proposal will undergo a review by Industry Canada, the government agency that oversees such deals.
While most oil fields outside the Persian Gulf are mature and declining in production, Atlantic Canada's oil industry is taking its baby steps.
Industry Canada, the government department responsible for radio frequencies used by mobile phone networks, approved the sale provided that the new owners document changes that will ensure Canadian control of the company.
Peer-to-peer file-sharing tends to increase rather than decrease music buying, according to a study produced for Industry Canada by Birgitte Andersen and Marion Frenz of the Department of Management at Birkbeck, University of London.
