Canada lacks capacity for effective policy-making, and we’re not alone

The latest Global Innovation Index ranks Canada 15th globally. The top 10 include Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, Britain, Singapore, Finland, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Korea.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Hill on Sept. 27, 2023. The Liberal government has been committing billions upon billions of dollars of public funding and incentives which it says will lead to a badly needed high-innovation economy based on the industries of the future, writes David Crane.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

October 9, 2023

TORONTO—In a succession of recent budgets, the Trudeau government has been committing billions upon billions of dollars of public funding and incentives which it says will lead to a badly needed high-innovation economy based on the industries of the future. This, we are pr...

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