Canada’s government still doesn’t get innovation—and that’s a problem

Government funding and intellectual property rule changes have been a bonanza for big technology companies in other countries, who are happy to take Canada's best startups and people.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne took over his cabinet role from Navdeep Bains in early 2021. Canadian innovator Jim Balsillie has argued that the government doesn't currently have the expertise to make policy for the cutting edge of the economy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

May 31, 2021

TORONTO—Could it be that the disappointing results from the Trudeau government’s innovation strategy are due to its lack of understanding of how the digital knowledge-based economy actually works? When then-industry minister Navdeep Bains unveiled his innovation strategy in 2017, he boldly decl...

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