Whole of government, revisited?

Innovation isn’t an end in itself for the Government of Canada. And as significant as it is, economic growth shouldn’t be the only measure of success for its innovation policy. Innovation should be encouraged because it can help build a better Canada, and a better world.

Canada’s new 'Innovation Strategy,' led by Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, will require a much broader institutional shift, and mechanisms to align it with many other strategies and agendas, writes Paul Heidebrecht. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PAUL HEIDEBRECHT

October 3, 2016

WATERLOO, ONT.—At the recent Waterloo Innovation Summit, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains stressed that the Canadian government has an important role to play in helping homegrown startups scale up. One new area of focus is for the government to drive research ...

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