Goodyear should look to Canada’s colleges, institutes and polytechnics to get innovations ‘out the door’

Colleges, institutes and polytechnics are leaders in applied research and technology transfer, yet the role of these institutions in Canada's research and development agenda is not adequately understood.

Re: "Minister Goodyear says government's investing $10.2-billion annually in science and technology," (The Hill Times, Oct. 12, p. 18). Mr. Goodyear says that "Canada does very well at supporting 'basic, discovery-oriented research' but Canada is not doing well 'getting our innovations out...

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