Much is at stake: we need a productive, innovative, and competitive economy
Canada ranks 10th in innovation inputs and 23rd in innovation outputs, according to the WIPO index. Overall, Canada ranks 7th in institutions, such as stable government, 20th in human capital and research, 18th in infrastructure, 24th in business sophistication, 19th in knowledge and technology outputs, and 27th in creative outputs.
TORONTO—Canada has still much to do to develop a productive and sustainable economy that creates the wealth to sustain our education and health-care systems and to deliver good jobs for a prosperous and equitable society. More success in innovation is one of the key ways to accomplish this....
