Successful innovation policy requires holistic approach

To be truly innovative, Canada will also have to pay continuous attention to the impact of the country’s tax regime and its implications for firm growth and competitiveness, and remove barriers to competition that protect incumbents from innovators in many sectors.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at the University of Ottawa on March 6, 2018, with renowned science educator Bill Nye to talk about the Liberal government's promise and importance of investing in Canadian science and innovation programs.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DANIEL SCHWANEN AND ROSALIE WYONCH

October 1, 2018

Canadians’ standards of living today are the product of a myriad of innovative activities cumulated over time. These range from efforts to expand knowledge and culture, find solutions to technical problems and improve the human condition, to more prosaic attempts to better collaborate, save costs,...

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