Canada needs to do more to scale-up our top young tech companies

Focusing only on recovery from the current economic slowdown is not the end game: that should be the creation of a new Canadian economy with a growing number of high-value domestic businesses that can flourish in the global economy. 
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Health Minister Mark Holland at the National Press Theatre on Dec. 12, 2023.

TORONTO—Once in a while, somebody gets it. A recent example is Stephen Welton, the new chair of the British Business Bank, an organization formed to foster the growth of British tech start-ups, help them commercialize new ideas, and then grow into successful companies. It...

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