How regions become innovation hubs

Provincial and state governments play an important role in investing in and sparking innovation in places like Ontario, Alberta, and Texas.

Workers build an Enbridge pipeline in Alberta. The provincial government has a long-standing role in mediating and convening energy industry players, given its oil resources. John Novotny photograph courtesy of the Government of Alberta

Opinion

BY HELAINA GASPARD, JERRY ZHU, PAUL BAKER

February 13, 2019

With an eye toward the upcoming 2019 federal election, public sector officials are looking for new approaches to improve the economic vitality of their economies, the livelihood of their citizens and, not coincidentally, their electoral prospects. Public sector efforts in Canada and the United State...

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