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‘It’s like a series of dominoes’: NDP, Conservatives push for action to clear grain shipment backlog

The Liberals think C-49 will save the day, which is currently being studied by the Senate Transportation Committee. It's unclear when the omnibus bill, an overhaul of the Transportation Act and others, will be passed.

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BY EMILY HAWS
March 12, 2018

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The federal Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy, released in 2021, did not result in needed policy changes or alignment of federal departments and investments. In contrast, other top-tier countries place life sciences at the centre of industrial strategies and align the sector with talent, trade, research and development, innovation and infrastructure.

Canada’s missing life sciences industrial strategy is leaving economic growth on the table

OpinionBY MICHELLE MCLEAN

The federal Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy, released in 2021, did not result in needed policy changes or alignment of federal departments and investments. In contrast, other top-tier countries place life sciences at the centre of industrial strategies and align the sector with talent, trade, research and development, innovation and infrastructure.

‘It’s like a series of dominoes’: NDP, Conservatives push for action to clear grain shipment backlog

The Liberals think C-49 will save the day, which is currently being studied by the Senate Transportation Committee. It's unclear when the omnibus bill, an overhaul of the Transportation Act and others, will be passed.

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