The best way to boost high-tech jobs for Canadians? Have government lead by example

Governments in Canada are taking baby steps while the rest of the world is already far ahead on the gruelling marathon of technological development.

Government procurement of Canadian innovation, not just funding—as was championed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March at the University of Ottawa—is necessary to get new domestic ideas to markets, write Patrice Dutil and Andrea Migone. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREA MIGONE, PATRICE DUTIL

October 24, 2018

The recent revelation the city of Calgary, the Alberta government, and Ottawa are contributing $2.5-million to help American companies find expert talent in this country was nothing short of depressing. It shows how thinking about the relationship between the state and industry has stalled in this c...

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