What if we stopped playing second fiddle in terms of innovation?

Will resuscitating the idea of a Canadian Advanced Research Projects Agency (CARPA) provide the necessary coordination to improve Canada’s innovation performance and impact? I have my doubts.
The right choices for the worldwide success and impact of Canadian innovation requires government departments to be active partners of their innovation ecosystems.
Despite the generosity of the combined effect of R&D subsidies and tax credits, Canadian firms fund less and less in-house R&D compared to the OECD average. Further rebalancing of the policy mix (increasing direct support compared to tax credits) is in jeopardy as the economic recovery neede...

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