Is innovation still innovative?

Tinkering with Canada’s existing innovation policies will not transform the national economy into a creative economic power. Governments need to rethink their approaches and look for innovative innovation policies.

Canada should shift from the attempt to define a national innovation strategy to greater support for local and regional initiatives, writes Ken Coates. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY KEN COATES

February 2, 2022

For the last 30 years, the world has been awash in the rhetoric of innovation. National and regional governments have committed billions of dollars to building truly innovative economies. The Government of Canada is revising—not for the first time—our nation’s approach to innovation, but will ...

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