Bite-sized health investments a worthy use of innovation dollars

Clusters of innovation already exist in Canada, and they require much less than $950-million to get off the ground.

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is in charge of the government's new 'supercluster initiative,' to give large grants to 'strategic' projects and sectors that can boost Canada's economy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CATHERINE KELLS

June 28, 2017

As the president of a non-profit association working hard to improve the quality of cardiovascular patient care, the Trudeau government’s recent launch of its $950-million supercluster initiative has me feeling a bit conflicted. On the one hand, major federal investments with the potential to cha...

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