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Innovation really grabs GG Johnston: ‘Yeah it does, doing things better, that’s what innovation is’

Gov. Gen. David Johnston talks about the book he co-wrote with Tom Jenkins, Ingenious: How Canadian Innovators Made the World Smarter, Smaller, Kinder, Safer, Healthier, Wealthier and Happier.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston, pictured June 13 at Rideau Hall, said while doing research for the book he was surprised by the number of Canadian inventions. He and co-author Tom Jenkins had to stop at 297 innovations. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

June 26, 2017

OTTAWA—During his installation speech on Oct. 1, 2010, Governor General David Johnston, a Harvard, Cambridge, and Queen's graduate, said he would make promoting innovation a priority as the Queen’s 28th representative in Canada, and has done so in many ways—from awards he establishe...

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