Strengthening Canada’s intellectual property regime should be first and foremost

Unfortunately, opposite views seem to hold sway in Canada. Those views would have us weaken our intellectual property regime, lest Canada become too productive or the market prove itself. Research in no way supports such views.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government committed to an Intellectual Property Strategy in the 2016 budget. Since then, however, the signals from the government aren’t positive. The contours of the Intellectual Property Strategy seem to affirm the standard, interventionist thinking present in Ottawa rather than challenge it, write Richard Owens and Sean Speer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY RICHARD OWENS AND SEAN SPEER

October 1, 2018

The innovation file has bedevilled successive Canadian governments for more than three decades. Federal policy during this time has been marked by expert panels, independent studies, and billions of dollars in tax incentives, direct subsidies, and other government schemes. The nearly

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