Trudeau looks to gather momentum in clean tech race after potentially game-changing signs from U.S.
The issue is whether Ottawa has the money and the ability to move quickly enough to stay competitive with the U.S., which is pumping nearly US$400-billion into everything from battery-making to critical minerals, electric vehicle production, and clean electricity, including hydrogen.
Canada must close the digital gap with Indigenous Peoples
If this divide persists, another generation of Indigenous youth will be denied jobs and opportunities that require digital literacy.
Genomics can both grow and green Canada’s economy
Genomic technologies can help ensure Canada’s place as a leading source of the materials needed for a low-carbon economy.
Canada driving forward with its zero-emission vehicle ambitions
The question on everyone’s mind after the Dec. 21 announcement of regulations for the wholesale adoption of light duty ZEVs by 2035 is obvious: now what?
Innovation Minister Champagne top lobbied cabinet minister in 2022 with auto manufacturers among biggest lobbyists, so far
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne appeared in the most communication reports for 2022 so far, followed by Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
It’s time to enable a globally competitive Canadian semiconductor 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.
Canada needs modern payment legislation to drive safe innovation
What’s necessary are legislative reforms that support broader access, while continuing to build and operate payment systems that are safe, secure, and flexible.
Big money to scale up our most promising, young companies often from the United States
And many of the most promising early-stage companies that go public do so on American, not Canadian, stock exchanges, where they can quickly fall under the control of U.S. private equity.
Canada’s small businesses need Ottawa’s help to succeed online in today’s economy
As the federal government has recognized, lawmakers in the U.S. and Europe have already moved to bar the largest tech platforms from giving advantages to their own products and limiting the platforms’ power to prevent rivals from communicating with customers.
Canada needs more competition now
It’s time to move away from the economic policies of the past that have created Canadian market structures that allow just a few firms to exert significant control over an entire sector.
