We have to find out why we’re an innovation laggard, then take it from there

Right now we are spending a lot of money but we don’t knowing whether it is effective or if it will deliver the innovative economy we urgently need. This must change.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 2021 federal budget was high on ambition but short on how this might be achieved, writes David Crane.
TORONTO—The Trudeau government has been spending a record amount of money, as well as providing generous tax incentives—with promises of much more to come—to make Canada an innovation nation. But how is it deciding where to spend money and how? What milestones has it set its array of programs?...

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