Canada must do more to boost innovation

We will need to up our risk tolerance and account for cross-disciplinary work.

Countries that do innovation well have modelled their centres of excellence in a cross-disciplinary fashion driven by industry-determined problems, argues Marilyn Gladu.Photograph courtesy of Eelke Dekker

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP MARILYN GLADU

November 23, 2016

There has been much discussion and activity around the topic of innovation. Everyone recognizes the need to create an environment in Canada that fosters innovation, and that supports the development of innovative ideas through to commercialization. The excellence of Canadian research happening at t...

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