Canada has to achieve its goals for a more innovative economy

We have to get back to a much more rigorous approach to innovation policy. There is so much we want to do as a country. But if we don’t succeed in building a new economy to deliver the jobs and wealth, we will fall sort of meeting our goals and expectations.

Navdeep Bains, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. It's unclear if Mr. Bains will be reappointed as minister for innovation, science, and economic development when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils his new cabinet on Nov. 20.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

November 11, 2019

TORONTO—We don't know whether Navdeep Bains will be reappointed as minister for innovation, science, and economic development when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils his new cabinet on Nov. 20. But what we do know is that whoever fills the portfolio will have to do a much better job than has b...

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