Accession consists of correspondence received, created and/or maintained by of the Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development) Gilbert Normand whose term of office began August 3, 1999 and ended January 14, 2002.
The records are arranged according to the block number file classification system. The accession includes, but is not limited, to records relating to the following subjects: Communications; Industry Canada Operations (Corporate Governance); Associations, Clubs, Societies (Canadian Labour Market Centre, Conference Board of Canada) Cooperation and Liaison - Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA); Programs (Industry Portfolio, Community Access Program, Infrastructure - National, Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Agreement Program, Regional Development - Atlantic, Ontario, Pacific, Prairies and Territories, Québec, Economic Development Agency of Canada (EDAC)); Canada Scholarship Program; Schoolnet Program; Aboriginal Business Canada; Aboriginal Business Development; Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario (FedNor); Native Economic Development Program (NEDP); Western Economic Diversification Program (WED); Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC); Federal Business Development Bank Program (FBDB); Science and Technology (Science Promotion, Innovation Policy Branch, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, TRIUMF KAON, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, Funding, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Network of Centres for Excellence, Academic Affairs, Atomic Energy Canada Ltd - AECL Neutron Scattering Facilities at Chalk River, Advisory Council on Science and Technology, Canadian Space Agency, CANDU Reactor Sales, NRC-Industrial Research Program); Aerospace; Economic and Statistical Analysis (Unfair Tax Burden on Senators' Hockey, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD, micro-economic policy, strategic policy, Federal Youth Strategy, Federal Budget 2000, Assistance to the Farm Industry); Provincial and Regional Trade Development Investment Review; International/Industrial Cooperation (Consumer Products Industry, NAFTA, World Trade Organization-WTO, Patents); Chemical Industries - Petroleum and Industrial Chemical (Pesticides); Defence Industry; Distribution Service Industry; Environmental Industry (Health Industries, Climate Change); Forest Industries; Machinery Industries (Manufacturing and Processing Technologies, Fuel Cells); Metals and Mineral Industries; Textile Industries; Tobacco Products Industries; Entrepreneurship and Small Business; Services to Business (Small Business -Seeking Assistance); Consumer Affairs (Retailing of Insurance by Banks); Transportation Industries (Air, Marine, Motor Vehicles): Biotechnology (Canadian Bio-Technology Strategy Task Force, AIDS, Genome Canada); Tourism Canadian Tourism Commission); Spectrum and Telecommunications (Electronic Task Force); Canadian Radio and Television Commission-CRTC; Telecommunication Review Policy (Information Highway, Internet Service Providers, SMART Communities); Spectrum and Tele-communications telematics and new media; Radio; Bankruptcy Act; Canada Business Corporations Act; Competition Act - Competition Bureau Gasoline Prices, ONEX Merger Canadian Airlines/Air Canada, Cadbury-Schweppes and Coca Cola), Patent Act; Intellectual Property and Ethics Counsellor.
