Attracting international talent key to Canada’s future as an innovation nation

In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, all partners within Canada’s innovation ecosystem—government, business, and not-for-profits—must work together to attract the best and the brightest to our shores to create opportunity that will benefit us all in the new economy.
Enhancing access to skilled talent, both national and international, to support innovation projects from inception all the way to commercialization and adoption is core to increasing Canada’s productivity and prosperity, writes John Hepburn.
Canada has an entrepreneurial culture, highly educated population, a diverse and progressive society, and international reputation as a great place to live and work—which are all plusses when it comes to attracting international investment and talent. Yet our innovation performance finds us consis...

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