Let’s hard-wire inclusion into Canada’s innovation economy

Inclusive growth needs to be about more than expanding participation in Canada’s economy. It’s about the nature of the economy itself.

Automation promises to enhance productivity, but according to research from the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, people with lower incomes and education, and in certain communities, such as manufacturing or mining towns, will face the brunt of the resulting job disruption. Photograph courtesy of WolfVision GmbH

Opinion

BY SARAH DOYLE

October 1, 2018

Ministers are on the road this fall, talking to Canadians about what the next federal budget should include. One of the key questions being asked is how to put Canada on a path to “inclusive growth.” By many economic indicators, Canada is excelling. Unemployment is low and Canada led the G7 in ...

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