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Strategic Documents

  • UPDATE: the Minister of Industry, the Honourable Christian Paradis, approved the cost-recovery business plan developed by CANARIE. This approval triggered the release of CANARIE funding for years two and three of its current mandate. CANARIE funding for its current three-year mandate is $62 million.

    The cost-recovery recommendations outlined in the plan include direct and indirect cost sharing, cost-reduction initiatives, and fees for advanced network services. Overall, the cost recovery plan calls for $11.72 million in total cost recovery over the course of CANARIE’s mandate.

    Read more here.
    The government has asked CANARIE to develop cost-recovery options. Specifically the government has requested a plan that “features how CANARIE will, as much as possible over the three year period from 2012-2015, recover its Eligible Project costs resulting from Eligible Projects."

    CANARIE has completed its stakeholder consultation process, which was designed to gather feedback from its community on the concept of, and potential mechanisms for, connection fees. CANARIE distributed a Discussion Paper on Connection Fees, held three conference calls and one in-person Summit meeting to engage stakeholders in the process and to gather their feedback. Sixty-six individuals participated in the conference calls and/or the Summit meeting, and CANARIE received fifteen written documents responding to the Discussion Paper.

    CANARIE Connection Fees Discussion Paper
    Version 1.3, December 2012 [pdf 819 KB]
    Version 1.4, January 2013 [pdf 817 KB]

    Reports from consultations
    December 19, 2012 [pdf 373 KB]
    January 16, 2013 [pdf 370 KB]
    January 18, 2013 [pdf 358 KB]
    January 21, 2013 Face-to-face summit [pdf 415 KB]

  • Presentation by President and CEO Jim Roche to the House of Commons Committee on Finance (FINA)
    3 November 2011 [pdf 99 KB]
    "CANARIE is a key element of Canada’s publicly-funded infrastructure in support of research, education, discovery and innovation. It is funded by the Government of Canada through five-year mandates. The current mandate ends in March 2012. I am here today to request your support for a new five-year mandate and continued funding for CANARIE in the coming budget."
  • Economic Benefits Report
    August 2011 [pdf 966 KB]
    "Canada has been fortunate to have been one of the first countries to recognize the importance of R&E networks. In 1993, Canada’s federal and provincial governments established CA*Net: a high-speed network interconnecting Canadian universities and research institutions, and the first generation of CANARIE. Today, CANARIE, Canada’s inter-provincial and international R&E network, connects some 1,100 academic and government institutions in Canada with each other and with many leading research centres in other countries.'
  • Evaluation of CANARIE, by Nordicity and Bytown Consulting
    June 2011 [pdf 1.97 MB]
    "A five-year Funding Agreement between Industry Canada and CANARIE Inc. committed $120 million for the period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2012, to operate the CANARIE high-speed network and to develop, demonstrate, and implement innovative technologies that advance the network as a leading-edge essential research infrastructure. In fulfilling its obligations under the Agreement, CANARIE undertook to conduct this evaluation study by engaging an independent third-party consulting team. This report was prepared by Nordicity Group Ltd. and Bytown Consulting."
  • A Proposal for a Canadian Innovation Testbed
    August 2010 [pdf 155 KB]
    "CANARIE is committed to working with the Government to ensure Canada’s highly qualified personnel have an opportunity to use their intellect and creativity to drive economic and social benefits for all Canadians."
  • Canada’s Digital Environment for Research, Innovation and Education
    June 2010 [pdf 157 KB]
    "We are responding to Questions 3 and 4 of the Digital Economy Strategy consultation document, specifically the section entitled, “Capacity to Innovate Using Digital Technologies”. The authors contend that a robust integrated digital environment will support a strong digital economy and position Canada as a nation successfully leveraging its digital advantage."
  • 2010 Final Performance Audit Report
    September 2010 [pdf 340 KB]
    "CANARIE is a not-for-profit corporation supported by membership fees, with major funding of its programs and activities provided by the Government of Canada. Under its Funding Agreement with Industry Canada of March 28, 2007, as amended CANARIE is required to have a performance audit completed by September 30, 2010. The purpose of the audit is to assess the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which CANARIE funds have been used."