Navigating the innovation doldrums

We have begun to admit that innovation is ailing, but that does not mean that we should accept diminished hopes for the future.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced the chief science adviser, Mona Nemer, in Septamber 2017. The Canadian government’s best efforts thus far at reviving innovation have come in the form of reforming science funding, writes Mikko Packalen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MIKKO PACKALEN

February 12, 2020

Canada’s economy is stuck, as are the economies of other advanced nations. The last two decades yielded only meagre progress in living standards, and there is little reason to expect that the new decade will bring any more success. Certainly, there is no sign of a roaring economy similar to that e...

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