Feds should pay more attention to Canada’s chemistry sector

The chemistry industry is a proven solution to all the government’s objectives and with similar federal involvement in the chemistry sector investments the Liberals will be able to tick off not only a small win for themselves, but most importantly, for Canadians.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Finance Minister Bill Morneau on March 22. Mr. Trudeau recently announced his government’s financial support for Ford, amounting to $1-billion in investments. That pales to the opportunities that are sitting at Mr. Morneau's and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains’ doorstep, writes Bob Masterson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY BOB MASTERSON

April 10, 2017

As the Liberal government looks to attract considerably higher rates of foreign investment into innovative sectors with high growth prospects, significantly more coordinated attention needs to be paid to Canada’s chemistry sector. There are immediate opportunities to attract more than $11-billion ...

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