To boost Canadian innovation, resist the lure of Silicon Valley

We have to focus much more on what we can do, and this has to be led by Canadian companies and individuals to drive innovation-led growth. This is why the scale-up of Canadian companies is critical.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, picture on Jan. 28, 2020 on the Hill with Health Minister Patty Hajdu. We badly need, as some of us have argued for some time, a new look at how we build an innovative economy, writes David Crane.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

July 15, 2021

TORONTO—Kitchener-Waterloo made a big deal out of attracting Google to set up a large R&D branch plant in an old industrial building there. Not to be outdone, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in the early days of his government, made a high-profile visit lauding Google’s expanding R&D bran...

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