Supporting Canadian entrepreneurs is critical

The main driver of economic growth and rising productivity is technological progress, much of which comes from ambitious entrepreneurs. Supporting them should be a priority.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured on the Hill last May, spends much of his time paying foreign multinationals to locate here and too little time helping to build Canadian successes, writes David Crane, based on Shopify president Harley Finkelstein's recent comments.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

October 18, 2024

TORONTO—Shopify president Harley Finkelstein got it only half right in contending that innovation and growth in Canada were being held back by a lack of ambition, with too many promising homegrown companies selling out to foreign—mainly American—multinationals rather ...

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