Innovation, collaboration, inclusive workforces driving forces behind Canada’s largest value-added energy supercluster
Collaboration and innovation are key to succeeding in an increasingly competitive global market. This ethos was at the core of a decision taken by four Alberta municipalities in 1998 to join together and form Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association; a non-profit association with the goal of attracting worldwide investment to this resource-rich region and to create […]
University professors call for more women in the sciences
Today, as we celebrate International Women’s Day, we wanted to reflect on what it meant to be a woman in 2018. We feel privileged to hold a professorship in a Canadian university, and today, we are reminded that this privilege cannot be taken for granted. We are privileged because historically, women could never aspire to […]
Strong, integrated, modern transportation system ‘fundamental’ to Canada’s future prosperity: Garneau
Transport Minister Marc Garneau has some heavy lifting to do with a few signature pieces for the Trudeau government’s environmental agenda. Most notably, Mr. Garneau’s (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) department is responsible for taking the lead on legislation barring crude oil tankers from traversing British Columbia’s ecologically sensitive North Coast, working with provincial and territorial governments to […]
Transforming Canada’s economy through superclusters
Canada is at a critical point in its history. Our economy is strong and is the fastest growing in the G7. Because of the hard work of Canadians, almost half a million full-time jobs have been created, and we have the lowest unemployment rate since 1976. Canada is widely regarded as one of the world’s […]
Canada’s unique opportunity to lead the future of the internet
Our digitally-powered society continually reinforces what everyone now considers a fact of life: the absolute vitality of the internet. Imagine running a business, undertaking a degree or securing a dream job without internet access. Life would be immensely different without the countless connections made online every day. The internet’s promise, to connect everyone and unlock […]
How Canada can improve its STEM gender deficit
We recently celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and there’s much to celebrate—but also, much work to do. It’s a day to celebrate just how far we’ve come since Elsie MacGill, aircraft designer and Canada’s first female engineer, was asked to leave the University of British Columbia in 1921 because of […]
Fintech caught in grey zone, stakeholders say, as feds study Bank Act
As Finance Canada is in the midst of its review of the Bank Act, observers are saying the rules need to better accommodate the emerging financial technology sector—known as “fintech”—and bring banking regulations into the digital age so that Canada can catch up to its international peers. “Things in fintech are moving in weeks and […]
Canada jeopardizing U.S. relations, trade deals by favouring Chinese takeovers
Encouraging free trade is a cornerstone of the Conservative Party’s foreign affairs strategy. Gaining access to new markets in a mutually beneficial manner facilitates the dissemination of Canadian innovation, while creating jobs and a strong economy for Canadians. However, this enthusiasm to engage does not extend to state-owned enterprises, especially when it comes at the […]
Innovation facts and figures
Bloomberg 2018 Innovation Index 2018 rank 2017 rank Year over year change Economy Total score 1 1 0 S. Korea 89.28 2 2 0 Sweden 84.70 3 6 +3 Singapore 83.05 4 3 -1 Germany 82.53 5 4 -1 Switzerland 82.34 6 7 +1 Japan 81.91 7 5 -2 Finland 81.46 8 8 0 […]
Feds must step up support for innovation in Canada’s auto industry
Since the inception of the automotive industry in Canada, automakers and automotive part suppliers have become global leaders in innovation. Especially following the financial crisis of 2008 and with ongoing NAFTA negotiations, it is clear that our government needs to step up its support of the automotive industry in Canada. Other countries have strategies to grow […]
