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The Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation is a government ministry of the Province of Ontario...

The Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation is a government ministry of the Province of Ontario. The current minister is John Milloy. The research and innovation agenda in Ontario was previously the responsibility of the Science and Technology Division of the Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation (MEOI). During the Harris and Eves conservative governments, the province organized itself to facilitate partnerships between the public and the private sectors. One such arrangement was a sole-source management agreement between the MEOI Science and Technology Division, and the Innovation Institute of Ontario (IIO). The IIO was essentially a private corporation that was contracted to administer the $1.25 billion Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund. The Science and Technology Division of MEOI was the subject of a provincial audit in 2003. The Provincial Auditor was particularly critical and in the report said: "A major concern was that the Ministry had committed to spending $4.3 billion without an overall strategic plan to set parameters and consistent policies for existing programs or to guide the development of new programs to meet the objectives of