The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) has announced that it will do a study on Canadian science and technology.
The Committee welcomes briefs on the themes which are connected to many of the issues that interest us:
- Science advice to government;
- Commercialization, venture capital and intellectual property;
- Federally funded research performed in government and higher education; and
- Big science” projects and Canada’s position in global science and technology.
We need to make submissions on Peer Production (The Wealth of Networks), Open Access (And government mandates for open access of publicly funded research, as is done by our major trading partners), DRM/Net Neutrality (Protecting the two underlying innovations that brought us "new media" and enables the "new economy"), Civic Access (and questioning Crown Copyright), etc.
Submission length
Whats the average length of a submission?
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Julien Lamarche
Only maximum given.
They only gave a maximum of 5 pages. Different studies have different contours. It is also possible that those who make a text submission might be invited to speak in front of the committee. I spoke in front of an earlier version of this committee based on a very small email I submitted to them with respect to satellite television. It may be interesting to review that transcript to see the level and type of questions that the politicians will want to hear about.
Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) consultant.
Draft submission and announcements
I have posted a Draft of my submission to Industry Committee to the mailing list.
My Google Alerts has shown that the announcement about the study is going far and wide, including: Michael Geist, GISuser, Restivethoughts, Poetic economics,
Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) consultant.