Building Canada’s capacity to use intellectual property for innovation

Canada’s strength lies in the openness and interconnectedness of its research and innovation ecosystems. Turning that strength into outcomes requires a deliberate focus on building absorptive capacity across the innovation system.
Efforts to close the IP gap must not weaken the collaborative public research foundations that foster innovation, writes Jeremy de Beer.

Canada’s poor productivity and innovation record has been repeatedly documented, with intellectual property mentioned in expert studies, but rarely analyzed in depth. In the current context, the need to understand and address deep structural weaknesses is urgent.

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