No worries: Aerospace industry not fazed by melding of Harper-era R&D program into general innovation fund

Industry advocates say Ottawa is taking a new approach to innovation that is less sector-specific and more focused on outcomes, which the technology- and collaboration-hungry aerospace industry is prepared to work with.

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains speaks with president and CEO of Aerospace Industries Association of Canada Jim Quick at the association's conference in Ottawa on Nov. 7, 2017.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JOLSON LIM

November 27, 2017

Aerospace industry advocates are expressing support for the folding of the federal government's Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI) into Ottawa's broader innovation fund, saying the move better meets current research and development needs. Along with two other industry-specific progra...

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