Bridging the adoption gap: the key to turning Canada’s productivity around

The pace of digital adoption, its link to productivity, and productivity’s link to standard of living, is the concern of policymakers—and they should be concerned.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured June 10, 2025, in the West Block. Long-term productivity gains will come not from innovation in isolation, but from widespread, practical adoption across the economy, writes Alex Greco.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ALEX GRECO

February 2, 2026

Canada’s well-diagnosed and ongoing productivity problem is not because of a lack of ideas or ambition; it is because of a failure to translate innovation into adoption across the economy. Take, for instance, this country's second-place ranking for the largest pool of top-...

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