Canada should be aspiring to be more than a branch-plant economy

If we want a more independent Canada, we have to build the talent, own the tech, and grow firms so wealth is created here and the critical decisions for our future are made by the people who live here with the biggest stake in what kind of country we can become.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured June 1, 2023, speaking at the CANSEC trade show in Ottawa. Can the government focus on building a Canadian-owned and headquartered corporate community that has the scale, talent, and intellectual property to make us a serious player, asks David Crane.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

July 3, 2023

TORONTO—A little more than a year ago, as Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne proclaimed that “our government wants Canada to be a strategic global leader in the semiconductor industry,” as he announced a $150-million Semiconductor Challenge Callout.

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