The Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education Executive Summary CANARIE Business Plan December 1992 THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF CANARIE ASSOCIATES ABL Communications Inc. CA*net Networking Inc. Canada Trust Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Digital Equipment Canada Ltd. DMR Group Inc. Ernst & Young Gandalf Technologies Inc. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. IBM Canada Ltd. MPR Teltech Ltd. NCR Canada Ltd. Newbridge Networks Corp. Northern Telecom Canada Ltd. Positron Industries Inc. Stentor Resource Centre Inc. Unisys (Canada) Ltd. Unitel Communications Inc. University of British Columbia PREFACE CANARIE, the Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education, has captured the imagination and dedicated efforts of Canadians from St. John's to Victoria to Yellowknife. For the past four years, Canadians who work in research, education, governments and the business community have been contributing their ideas and visions for CANARIE by electronic mail (CA*net), in meetings and workshops, by fax and by telephone. You will find the names of many of these contributors at the end of this document. CANARIE is a national initiative and a national opportunity. Its mission is to stimulate the creation, by the year 2000, of an electronic communications capability for all Canadians that is second to none in the world. It will achieve its mission by first organizing, through its members, an ever-improving array of communication services for the education, research and the public and private sector research communities. There will be a flow of new technologies, software and applications from laboratories and test facilities into an operational network for the research and education communities and then into our public networks. Our research and education communities will benefit from the advanced facilities. Our information industry suppliers and carriers will have new products and services to increase their international trade. As new technologies move into our public networks, Canadians will once again have access to the finest communication facilities in the world. The distinguished Canadians who formed the Steering Committee for the federal Prosperity Initiative have also supported CANARIE. We must "link Canada by building a high-speed, broadband electronic `information highway,' led by the private sector and funded jointly by the private and public sectors." (Steering Group on Prosperity, Inventing our Future: An Action Plan for Canada's Prosperity, October 1992) Our thanks to them and to the many others who have contributed thus far. William G. Hutchison CANARIE Associates December 1992 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction This document presents a bold, new strategy to support Canada's transition to a knowledge-based economy. It describes a private-sector-led business plan that, with federal support, will result in the upgrading and enhancement of Canada's national research and development (R&D) and educational communications networking infrastructure, the development of an experimental high-speed communications network for use by Canada's information technology industry and the migration of new capabilities to Canada's operational networks for the benefit of all Canadians. Other nations are making massive investments to exploit the synergies between computers and telecommunications. In particular, they are building faster and more capable communications networks to support their R&D and educational communities and, in so doing, building the base to compete in the world's information technology markets. Many countries now have government-funded, high-speed networks to support their research, industrial development and educational initiatives. It is recognized by these countries that support for high-speed networking in the R&D and educational communities can be the catalyst that improves the competitiveness of both their information technology sector and their economy as a whole. While others make progress, we lag in providing advanced communications facilities and services to our R&D and educational communities. Canada has a relatively slow speed national backbone network, called CA*net, that links users in the R&D and educational communities through regional networks in each of the ten provinces. We need a national R&D and educational communications capability comparable to or better than that of our major competitors. Canada's carriers already have the basic infrastructure to provide high-speed networking to users, including the R&D and educational communities. The cost of transmission is in a downward trend. We need to advance the access to high-speed facilities and stimulate the development of services which will take advantage of future lower costs. By pursuing this strategy, Canada will speed the development of the future generations of networking technologies, products, applications, software and services that the emerging world marketplace will require. Further, the migration of new networking technologies, products applications, software and services from the R&D and educational environment to users as a whole will improve overall Canadian competitiveness. A group of leading organizations from Canada's research and business communities have agreed to cooperatively establish a new initiative to respond to the challenge that Canada faces. That initiative is Project CANARIE (Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education). The CANARIE Strategy Project CANARIE represents a contribution to building the communications infrastructure of a knowledge-based Canada - the high-speed communications networks of the 21st century. Exhibit 1 (pages 8 and 9) presents an overview of the proposed CANARIE strategy. In totality, the strategy will require commitments from a wide range of stakeholders for its implementation. The focus of the CANARIE business plan is on only a portion of this overall strategy. As indicated in Exhibit 1, the stakeholders involved in implementing the business plan are the information technology industry, the federal government and CA*net Networking Inc. Complementary initiatives are required or are already existing with the regional networks, the provinces and territories, the private sector and the public at large that will enhance the CANARIE business plan and result in achievement of the overall strategy. The provinces in particular, have a number of initiatives underway or planned that will contribute significantly to the achievement of the CANARIE strategy. The CANARIE strategy and business plan are founded on the following statement of mission, goals and objectives. CANARIE's Mission: To support the development of the communications infrastructure of a knowledge-based Canada and in so doing contribute to Canadian competitiveness in all sectors of the economy, to wealth and job creation and to our quality of life. CANARIE's Goals:  To enhance the competitiveness of the Canadian business community through the development and use of state-of-the-art communications networks;  To provide an environment in which the Canadian information technology industry, and in particular, those smaller firms which have traditionally faced significant access barriers to both technology and markets, can accelerate the development of future generations of open networking technologies, products, applications, software and services; and  To support more effective research, development and education through enhanced collaboration and access to information and resources worldwide. The specific objectives of the CANARIE business plan (the centre element of Exhibit 1) are:  To upgrade the capabilities of our existing R&D and educational national backbone network to progressively higher bandwidths, with the objective of expanding the network to gigabit capabilities;  To promote the use of the network and CANARIE services in conjunction with the regional networks;  To establish and operate a high-speed experimental test network;  To stimulate the development of commercially viable, new networking technologies, products, applications, software and services; and  To support the migration to operational networks of new networking technologies, products, applications, software and services as developed, tested and used on the high-speed experimental test network, and on the R&D and educational network. The CANARIE Implementation Plan Implementation of the CANARIE business plan is proposed in three phases whose main purposes are as follows: Phase 1 (January 1993 - December 1994)  Upgrade and Operate the National R&D and Educational Network  Plan and Establish a High-Speed Experimental Test Network  Initiate Product/Service Development Phase 2 (January 1995 - December 1997)  Operate the Experimental Network  Stimulate the Development of New Networking Technologies, Products, Applications, Software and Services  Continually Upgrade the R&D and Educational Network Phase 3 (January 1998 - December 1999)  Migrate Applications and Technologies to Operational Networks The implementation of the business plan is proposed as a joint undertaking of the members of CANARIE and the federal government. The activities of CANARIE, for which joint commitment is sought, can be summarized as follows (Exhibit 2): 1. Upgrading and Operating the R&D and Educational Network  the objective is to upgrade the network to offer gigabit capabilities as soon as possible but not later than the end of 1999 to provide enhanced capabilities to the R&D and educational communities  funding will come from federal government contributions and user fees 2. Cooperative Product/Service Development  the objective of this activity is to improve the applications and services offered on the R&D and educational network and to stimulate industry-CANARIE cooperative development of new networking products and services  financial support is proposed from the federal government, the information technology industry and other sectors of the business community 3. Test Network Construction and Operation  this activity involves the planning, construction and operation, spearheaded by Stentor Canadian Network Management and Unitel Communications Inc., of a high-speed experimental test network to be made widely available for the development and testing of next-generation networking technologies, products, applications, software and services  financial, technical and operational support is proposed from the federal government and the information technology industry, including a substantial commitment of private shared assets from the latter 4. Administration and Overhead  the founding members (CANARIE Associates) have agreed to establish a not-for-profit organization, tentatively called CANARIE Inc.  the administrative and overhead costs of CANARIE Inc. will be borne by the CANARIE members Exhibit E-2 Total commitments to the CANARIE initiative during Phase 1 amount to $100 million. Commitments during Phases 2 and 3 are provisionally estimated at $390 million and $400 million, respectively. As indicated above, costs are to be shared by the federal government, the Canadian business community and users in the public and private sectors. Access to private sector facilities and resources forms a key part of the CANARIE strategy. The capital cost of building a private gigabit network would be well in excess of $600 million, if it were to be undertaken. As a result of the partnership between Stentor, Unitel and the other CANARIE members, monies which otherwise would have been required for infrastructure can now be better used to assist the rapid emergence of an indigenous market place for advanced networking. CANARIE Inc. will actively seek out opportunities to leverage its investment with other levels of government and the users of its networks. We believe the CANARIE initiative will entice the provinces and the regional networks to invest an additional $300 million so as to take full advantage of the technologies developed by CANARIE Inc. Coupled with the $890 million contribution estimated above, total direct and indirect investment from the CANARIE initiative, over the period 1993-99, should reach some $1.2 billion. The Phase 1 Financial Plan The CANARIE Inc. financial plan for Phase 1 is presented in the following table: ACTIVITY $ Millions CANARIE Direct Funding Business Sector Investment and Shared Assets TOTAL Upgrade and Operate the National R&D and Educational Network $ 8 $ - $ 8 Product/Service Development $20 $16 $36 Plan and Establish a High-Speed Experimental Test Network $ 4 $50 $54 Create and Administer CANARIE Inc. $ 2 $ - $ 2 TOTAL FUNDING $34 $66 $100 The sources and uses of funding for each activity are as follows:  The upgrade and operation of the national R&D and educational network will be financed via the collection of user fees ($3 million) and federal government funding support ($5 million).  Four million dollars of the product/service development budget (i.e. that portion aimed at developing products and services for the users of the R&D and educational network) will be funded by the federal government; the remaining $16 million will be also financed by the federal government, but will be equally matched by the industry sponsors of research and development of network technologies.  The high-speed experimental test network will be financed through user fees and member contributions from the business community ($1 million) and federal government assistance ($3 million). Moreover, the members are prepared to make a long term commitment to CANARIE Inc. to furnish it with existing facilities, equipment and other resources necessary to implement the high-speed experimental test network. This commitment, when valued on a replacement cost basis, totals some $50 million in Phase 1.  The members of CANARIE Inc. will finance the administration and overhead costs associated with the creation and operation of CANARIE Inc. ($2 million). The CANARIE Benefits CANARIE Inc. will stimulate over $400 million of sales in the Canadian economy from the purchase of goods and services over the next ten years. In addition, the R&D assistance provided by CANARIE Inc. will facilitate the development and introduction of high-speed networking technologies, products, applications, software and services that could generate over $9 billion of revenue for Canadian industry during the same time frame. The value of the benefits derived from CANARIE activities exceed the costs by a ratio of 4.7:1. On a discounted cash flow basis using a 10% social discount rate, the net present value of the socioeconomic benefits from implementing the CANARIE business plan is projected to exceed $675 million. The distribution of the benefits is projected as follows:  Industrial earnings from CANARIE purchases $18 million  Industrial earnings from new products and services $472 million  Productivity gains experienced by network users $56 million  Income taxes and labour externality $132 million CANARIE purchases will create approximately 1,800 person-years of employment over the next ten years. The CANARIE investment in high-speed networking technologies, products, applications, software and services, and the resulting sales, could generate approximately 22,000 person-years of additional employment during the same period. In summary, the CANARIE strategy will support the development of the communications infrastructure of a knowledge-based Canada and in so doing contribute to Canadian competitiveness in all sectors of the economy, to wealth and job creation and to our quality of life. The full CANARIE business plan is available from Ernst and Young at (416) 943-3561. The business plan, executive summary and supporting documents are also available on the Internet from the anonymous FTP server in directory PUB/NET/CANARIE UNBMVS1.CSD.UNB.CA (further information may be obtained from David Macneil at Internet address DGM@UNB.CA). An outline of the table of contents is provided below. Preface 1.0 Situation Analysis 2.0 The CANARIE Strategy 3.0 Implementation Plan 4.0 CANARIE Operating Budget and Financing Plan 5.0 Socioeconomic Benefits Appendices A: Contributors to the CANARIE Business Plan B: Network Services on Major Foreign Networks C: CANARIE's History D: Market Feasibility E: Provincial Support for Networking F: Selected Portions of the CA*net Strategic Plan G: CA*net Upgrade Draft Budget H: Phase 1 Application/Service Development Plan I: Stentor/Unitel Letter of Proposal J: The Economic and Industrial Benefits of the CANARIE Initiative CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CANARIE BUSINESS PLAN CANARIE Associates and Steering Committee Members Mr. Jeremy Beaty Vice President, Government Services Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. Dr. Andrew K. Bjerring * Director of Computing & Communications Services University of Western Ontario (representing CA*net Networking Inc.) Mr. Len Bolger Vice President The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Mr. Marcel Carrier President NCR Canada Ltd. Mr. Brian Clark President and CEO Unisys Canada Inc. Mr. Ken Copeland Chief Executive Officer Digital Equipment of Canada Limited Mr. George Cobbe President and CEO Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. Mr. Brian Coll Vice President, External Relations Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd. Mr. Des Cunningham Chairman of the Board Gandalf Technologies Inc. Mr. Norbert Dawalibi General Manager IBM Canada Ltd. Mr. Pierre Ducros President and CEO DMR Group Inc. Mr. William Etherington President and CEO IBM Canada Ltd. Mr. Peter Farwell Director Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Mr. Mark H. Goldberg * Executive Director Regulatory Matters - Technology Unitel Communications Inc. Mr. Ike Goodfellow * Assistant Vice President Business Development Northern Telecom Canada Ltd. Mr. George Harvey President and CEO Unitel Communications Inc. Mr. Brian Hewat President and Chief Executive Officer Stentor Resource Centre Inc. Mr. William G. Hutchison * Managing Partner, Information Technology Ernst & Young Mr. Peter Jollymore * President Stentor Canadian Network Management Mr. J. L. (Jack) Leigh Director, University Computing Services University of British Columbia Mr. Alan Lytle Vice President, Marketing Northern Telecom Canada Limited Mr. Terry Matthews * Chief Executive Officer Newbridge Networks Corporation Mr. Peter Maurice President and Chief Executive Officer CT Financial Services Mr. Gerry Miller Chairman CA*net Networking Inc. Dr. Fraser Mustard President The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Mr. Mike Pascoe Vice President/General Manager North and South America Newbridge Networks Corporation Dr. Brian Penney * Vice President, Enterprise Networks Group Gandalf Technologies Inc. Mr. Gedas Sakus President Northern Telecom Canada Limited Mr. Walter Steel President ABL Communications Inc. Mr. Richard Stursberg * Senior Vice President Government, Legal and Environmental Affairs Unitel Communications Inc. Mr. David Ticoll* Director DMR Group Inc. Mr. Reginald Weiser President Positron Industries Inc. Dr. Alan E. Winter President MPR Teltech Ltd. * Steering Committee Members CANARIE Executive Committee Mr. William G. Hutchison Chairman, CANARIE Executive Committee Managing Partner, Information Technology Ernst & Young Mr. Roger Adm Conseiller en dveloppement technologique Minist re de l'Industrie, Commerce & Technologie du Qubec Dr. Andrew K. Bjerring Director of Computing & Communications Services University of Western Ontario Mr. Art Collin Vice President Precarn Associates, Director of IRIS Mr. Mel Cornell Industry and Technology Division Manitoba, Industry, Trade & Tourism Dr. C.R. (Bob) James Vice President Research University of Alberta Mr. Peter Jollymore President Stentor Canadian Network Management Mr. Peter Jones Executive Director, Computing Services Dalhousie University Mr. J.L. (Jack) Leigh Director, University Computing Services University of British Columbia Dr. Alan H. MacDonald Canadian Association of Research Libraries Director of Information Services University of Calgary Mr. David Macneil Director, Computer Services University of New Brunswick Professor Samy A. Mahmoud Department of Systems & Computer Engineering Carleton University Mr. Michael Martineau General Manager Nova Scotia Technology Network Inc. Ms. Joan McCalla Director, Telecommunications Branch Communications Division Ontario Ministry of Culture & Communications Mr. Gerry Miller Director, Computing Services University of Manitoba Mr. Michael L. Morris, P.Eng. Manager, Computer Technology Group Whitman Benn Management Systems Ltd. Mr. Ken Murricane Assistant Deputy Minister Research, Policy & Planning Alberta Technology, Research & Telecommunications Ms. Katherine Peart Senior Director, Policy Division Department of Transportation & Communications Government of Nova Scotia Dr. Brian Penney Vice President, Development & Technology Gandalf Technologies Inc. Mr. Ted Strain President Vision 2000 Inc. Mr. Richard Stursberg Sr. Vice-President, Government, Legal & Environmental Affairs Unitel Communications Inc. Mr. Bernard Turcotte Vice President, Operations Centre de recherche informatique de Montr al ......... Observers Dr. Jocelyn Ghent Mallett Director General Information Technologies Industry Branch Industry, Science and Technology Canada Mr. Pat Sampson Director Information Technologies Industry Branch Industry, Science and Technology Canada Mr. Ren Guindon President Government Telecommunications Agency ......... Project Office Mr. Dan Sum Vice-President Government Telecommunications Agency Mr. Bruce Catley Acting Director, Planning Coordination and Support Government Telecommunications Agency Dr. Thomas Grandy, Consultant Partner NGL Consulting Ltd. Mr. Les Routledge, Consultant Senior Consultant NGL Consulting Ltd. Ms. Karen Costa Office Manager CANARIE Project Management Bureau Mr. Sahir Khan, Consultant Senior Consultant Nortech Consultants .......... Secretariat Office Ms. Tess McLean Senior Consultant Ernst & Young Business Plan Working Group Mr. Mike Pascoe, Chair Vice President/General Manager North and South America Newbridge Networks Corporation Dr. Andrew Bjerring Director of Computing & Communications Services University of Western Ontario Mr. Daniel Clarke Coordinator New Science & Technology Initiatives Department of Commerce and Technology Government of New Brunswick Mr. Don Daly Senior National Director - Government Bell Signature Service Mr. Skreekaanth Isloor Manager of Technology Systemhouse Inc. Mr. Warren Jackson Director University of Toronto Computing Services Mr. Paul Koch Manager, Business Development IBM Canada Ltd. Mr. Peter Mathieson, Observer Information Technologies Industry Branch Industry, Science and Technology Canada Mr. Ian McLaren Canadian Federal Government Marketing Manager Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd. Ms. Kathy Moore Director, Global Accounts Northern Telecom Canada Ltd. Mr. Marlon O'Neid Business Manager, Customer Service Group Ottawa and Eastern Ontario Unitel Communications Inc. Mr. Patrick Power President and CEO Nuvo Network Management Inc. Mr. Rick Schwartz Director, New Business Programs Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. Mr. Bernard Turcotte Vice President, Operations Centre de recherche informatique de Montral Dr. Thomas Grandy, Consultant Partner NGL Consulting Ltd. Ms. Karen Costa Office Manager CANARIE Project Management Bureau Marketing Plan Working Group Mr. Tom Corcoran, Chair Vice President, Communications and Quality IBM Canada Ltd. Mr. Michael Martineau, Co-chair General Manager Nova Scotia Technology Network Inc. Mr. Ed Buchinski Senior Project Officer Treasury Board Secretariat Dr. Michael Caughey President Information Technology Research Centre University of Toronto Mr. Bill Jackson Director, Premier Accounts Northern Telecom Canada Ltd. Mr. Hugh Lawford President QL Systems Dr. Alan MacDonald Director of Information Services University of Calgary Mr. Peter Mathieson, Observer Information Technologies Industry Branch Industry, Science and Technology Canada Ms. Joan McCalla Director, Telecommunications Branch Communications Division Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications Mr. Keith McRae Sr. Account Manager - Communications Datacor Atlantic Inc. Mr. Dale Oattes Associate Director DDR Industry Market Management Bell Signature Service Mr. Duncan Sanderson Visiting Researcher Canadian Workplace Automation Research Centre Mr. Eugene Siciunas Computing Services University of Toronto Mr. Bernard Turcotte Vice President, Operations Centre de recherche informatique de Montr al Dr. Thomas Grandy, Consultant Partner NGL Consulting Ltd. Mr. Peter MacKinnon, Consultant Senior Associate NGL Consulting Ltd. Ms. Karen Costa Office Manager CANARIE Project Management Bureau Network Architecture Working Group Mr. J. L. (Jack) Leigh, Chair Director, University Computing Services University of British Columbia Mr. John Curley, Alternate Chair & Focus Group Co-ordinator Networks Manager Finance and Informatics Service National Research Council Mr. Raymond Benoit Head, Graphics and Communications Atmospheric Environment Service Environment Canada Mr. John Demco Facilities Manager Computer Science Department University of British Columbia Mr. Andy Dubrawski Business Manager, Major Accounts Unitel Communications Inc. Mr. Fred Eshragh Director, Systems Engineering CGI Group Mr. Dennis Ferguson, (Focus Group Member) Supervisor, External Networking Computing Services University of Toronto Mr. Peter Garland Manager, Network Technology SPAR Aerospace Satellite & Communications Mr. Duncan Glendinning Gandalf Technologies Inc. Mr. Alan Greenberg Director of Computing and Telecommunications McGill University Mr. Keith Knightson (Focus Group Member) Director Network Interconnection Division of Architecture and Development Government Telecommunications Agency Professor Samy Mahmoud Department of Systems & Computer Engineering Carleton University Mr. Paul Molyski Senior Analyst, Communications Systems Computing Service University of Victoria Mr. Bill Murphy (Focus Group Member) Product Manager Internetworking & Frame Relay Products Newbridge Networks Corp. Mr. Walter Neilson Director, Information Systems Department Alberta Research Council Mr. Tony Simms Director, Quality Assurance, Technology & Planning Ernst & Young Mr. Ken Smith (Focus Group Member) Director, Information Technology Operations Bell-Northern Research Ltd. Dr. Andy Woodsworth Coordinator, Canadian Astronomy Data Centre National Research Council Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Mr. Rod Anderson Co-ordinator, (Focus Group Consultant) Isotro Network Management Inc. Ms. Karen Costa, (Focus Group Secretariat) Office Manager CANARIE Project Management Bureau Governance Plan Working Group Mr. Gerry Miller, Chair Director of Computer Services University of Manitoba Mr. Doug Freestone Vice-President, Product Development Marketing Develcon Mr. James Hancock Director, Computer Services University of P.E.I. Ms. Dawn Hunt Director, Regulatory Matters Unitel Communications Inc. Mr. David Katz Projects Coordinator, Science and Technology Saskatchewan Economic Diversification and Trade Mr. David Macneil Director, Computer Services University of New Brunswick Mr. Dale Oattes Associate Director DDR Industry Market Management Bell Signature Service Mr. Mike Pawlowski Director General, Finance and Informatics Service National Research Council Ms. Katherine Peart Senior Director, Policy Division Department of Transportation & Communications Government of Nova Scotia Mr. Pat Sampson, Observer Director Information Technologies Industry Branch Industry, Science and Technology Canada Regional Networks Upgrade Working Group Mr. Peter Jones, Chair Executive Director, Computing Services Dalhousie University Mr. Michael Martineau, Co-Chair General Manager Nova Scotia Technology Network Dr. Andrew K. Bjerring Director Computing & Communications Services University of Western Ontario Mr. Mel Cornell Technology Consultant, Industrial Technology Manitoba Industry, Trade and Tourism Mr. Jim Hancock Director, Computer Centre University of Prince Edward Island Mr. Phil Haswell Department of Electrical Engineering University of AlbertaMr. Dean Jones Director, Computing Services University of Saskatchewan Mr. Sherif Kaldas Policy Analyst Industry & Technology Policy Branch Ontario Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology Mr. David Katz Technology Consultant Science and Technology Saskatchewan Economic Diversification and Trade Mr. Brian Kaye Head of Telecommunications Computing Services University of New Brunswick Mr. J. L. (Jack) Leigh Director University Computing Services University of British Columbia Ms. Joan McCalla Director, Telecommunications Branch Communications Division Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications Mr. Gerry Miller Director, Computing Services University of Manitoba Ms. Jocelyn Nadeau Centre Universitaire Saint-Louis-Maillet Mr. Robert Parsons Economic Recovery Commission Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Mr. Mike Patterson BCnet Mr. Hunter Rowe Director of Communications Department of Municipal & Provincial Affairs Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Mr. Steve Tse Manager Communications & Network Services Alberta Research Council Mr. Bernard Turcotte Vice President, Operations Centre de recherche informatique de Montral Mr. Chris Wehrfritz Policy Manager, Policy and Planning Branch British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education Dr. Thomas Grandy, Consultant Partner NGL Consulting Ltd. Mr. Lawrence Horwood, Consultant Partner NGL Consulting Ltd. .