Innovation is the talk of the town

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Opinion

BY MICHAEL A. RUDNICKI

February 6, 2018

Innovation is the talk of Ottawa, with the government having made it the centrepiece theme of its last budget, and currently preparing to roll out billions of dollars in innovation-enhancing policy programs. Yet while artificial intelligence, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, and other fields ...

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