Feds risk falling behind on science investment, say policy experts, Naylor, as U.S., U.K., Germany forging ahead

With government expenditures approaching a half trillion dollars over the course of the pandemic, spending allocated to forward-looking research and innovation is comparatively small, with a number of science and policy experts saying Canada needs to ramp up to keep up with some of our international allies.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A number of science policy experts say the federal government's 2021 budget was a 'missed opportunity' to properly position Canada as a leader in scientific research and innovation as a number of international allies dramatically ramp up their efforts. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

May 17, 2021

The federal government’s 2021 budget, crafted in the middle of a debilitating pandemic, saw more than $2-billion allocated for the bio-manufacturing and life-sciences sector following a year where scientific capacity played centre stage in the lives of all Canadians. But a number of science polic...

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