SME Financing Data Initiative

Reporting Results

House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry

Industry Canada will report regularly to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, the Standing Senate Committee on Banking Trade and Commerce, and other interested bodies on the state of SME financing in Canada. This forum will allow the initiative partners to give an update on progress and a synopsis of significant research findings. It will also be an opportunity for the partners to obtain feedback on work and future work plans.

It is the partners' intent to present the results of the pilot demand-side survey conducted this summer to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry in the Fall of 2000, if it is the Committee Members' wish.

Web Site

A dedicated Web site has been developed for this initiative. The site will give users a range of information relating to the initiative. It will enable stakeholders to find out about the project, its origins, its partners, its objectives, as well as its studies and findings.

Information about upcoming surveys and past studies will be published on the Web site. Users can expect to find the summaries, methodologies, and key findings of surveys and studies that have been conducted. In addition, some aggregate data from the studies will be available for further analysis. As much detailed data as possible will be available from Statistics Canada, consistent with protecting confidentiality.