Time for Canada to up our innovation game

Our innovation deficit is real, but can be overcome with a greater public lens on its consequences and new strategic thinking on its solutions.

Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan ask: can we reverse the brain drain to the South of graduates from our world-class universities in critical skill disciplines like software engineering and make it attractive for them to stay home with exciting opportunities?Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN

March 31, 2021

The good news is Canada moved up in the Bloomberg 2021 Innovation Index. The bad news is we moved from 22nd to 21st—barely overtaking Slovenia. Proof that complacency breeds mediocrity. The question is: what are we going to do to really up our innovation game? More of the sam...

To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider.

Only $7.76 a week for an annual subscription.

Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper.

Cancel anytime.

Already a Subscriber?

Get Innovation & Industry Newsletter

From investment to regulation, the policies, decisions and people working on industry and innovation. Tuesday.

By entering your email address you consent to receive email from The Hill Times containing news, analysis, updates and offers. You may unsubscribe at any time. See our privacy policy

FOLLOW THE HILL TIMES: