The ubiquitous microchips that power applications ranging from your smartphone to telecommunications and defence infrastructure can also be instrumental in getting us to green and clean.
The federal government and Canadian firms need to act now to remain competitive in this rapidly expanding ecosystem.
A well-co-ordinated semiconductor ecosystem in Canada will help existing companies expand, new companies to be incubated, and thousands of Canadians be trained to work in high-paying jobs in a sector which will only continue to grow.