Balsillie panel points us in right direction, but much more will be needed

If we want to build a successful Canadian society, we have to find a better way of ensuring that more of the talent and research ends up with strong IP assets in Canadian companies providing good jobs and the wealth creation needed to fund a prosperous future.

Canada’s success in commercialization of new ideas and scaling up of our most promising young companies matters, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

March 2, 2020

TORONTO—In a dire warning, the National Institute on Aging in a new study forecasts that the cost of public care just in nursing homes and private homes alone could more than triple from $22-billion now to $71-billion annually by 2050 (in 2019 dollars), equivalent to 19 per cent of personal income...

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