Champagne has to help boost Canada’s capacity for successful innovation

Canada needs to do better on innovation, but François-Philippe Champagne must show how a CARPA would make a real difference.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 6, 2020. Champagne’s mandate letter instructs him to work with Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to implement the promise with 'a uniquely Canadian approach' modelled on DARPAThe Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

January 24, 2022

TORONTO—The Liberals have promised a Canada Advanced Research Projects Agency (CARPA) as a public-private “bridge” to “help unleash bold, new research and ideas, protect Canada’s competitive advantage, and help Canadian companies grow and create highly skilled jobs.” It will be modelled,...

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