Innovation is a matter of governance, not a separate strategy

Innovation is not something that happens ‘out there’ in a separate policy silo. It should shape how we think about every major decision.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. Governments have often stimulated innovation by setting ambitious goals and co-ordinating efforts to achieve them but they must be careful not to become places where innovation dies under layers of process, precaution, and risk aversion.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DANIEL SCHWANEN

October 19, 2026

For more than a century, Canadians have worried about this country's difficulty in turning good ideas into lasting commercial success. Innovative Canadian firms continue to emerge, but not in sufficient numbers to give us confidence that Canada can consistently generate the ...

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