We have a big problem in Canada

We are underperformers when it comes to turning our smart and clever startup companies into much larger scaled-up companies that can generate future jobs, exports, and the tax revenues that come from business success.

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured May 7, at an event on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

June 25, 2018

TORONTO—We have a big problem in Canada. But our banks and insurance companies think they have found a way to help us. They are dipping into their capital—something they should have done many years ago—to the tune of $545-million to create the Canadian Business Growth Fund (and the promise of ...

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