Will the ‘superclusters’ ever live up to their superstar status?

When the so-called superclusters were announced in February 2018, then-innovation minister Navdeep Bains declared that 'superclusters will transform our economy and make Canada into a global innovation superstar.' How and when? Or never?

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured here on June 16, dropped the term 'superclusters' and is now calling them 'global innovation clusters.' This is what often passes for progress in Ottawa, writes David Crane.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

July 11, 2022

TORONTO—They are no longer the "superclusters." With a new minister we have a new name. Navdeep Bains, as minister of innovation, science and economic development, rhapsodized over the name 'superclusters.' His successor, François-Philippe Champagne, is much less enamoured. He has renamed them "g...

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