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Canada has to focus on becoming a genuine innovation nation

If Canadians want a better-performing economy, then much more attention will have to be focused on innovation-driven productivity, skills training, and bringing more Canadians into the workforce and keeping them there for longer. But immigration will also matter.

Canada needs a fresh approach on innovation

Minister François-Philippe Champagne

Innovation is about bringing new ideas to market. This, built on technological progress and investment in intangibles, is the key source of productivity-boosting economic growth.