How to restart our economy? Boost an entrepreneurial mindset

As we rebuild our economy, let’s invest in the necessary skills development to make sure that our entrepreneurs and small companies have the supports they need to establish and grow their businesses.

Now, more than ever in light of COVID-19 and its aftermath, startups are increasingly essential to the economic health of Canada. As our economy experiences an unprecedented downturn, our small businesses and entrepreneurs face extraordinary challenges and uncertainty as to whether their businesses will survive, write The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KAYLA ISABELLE AND JOHN HEPBURN

June 15, 2020

Ninety-eight per cent of Canadian businesses have fewer than 500 employees. These small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are critical to our economy. Furthermore, Canada has some of the highest rates of early-stage entrepreneurship in the OECD. With approximately 15 per cent of the Canadian work...

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