An alternative industrial path and Innovation Strategy: Canada has one of most generous R&D tax credits in the world, but it’s not working
Allan Rock has been vocal in recognizing the fact that Canada’s poor productivity record is a threat to Canada’s economic health. The statistics speak for themselves. Our world competitiveness ranking is 8th. Canada ranks 14th in the OECD in terms of innovation performance. The income gap with our largest trading partner, the United States, is […]
Goodbye Girl, Grey to leave politics
Grey Power… In a sense, Deb Grey’s decision to quit politics at the next election is even more of an end of an era than the departure of Reform founder Preston Manning – at least as far as the Reform-Canadian Alliance’s history in Ottawa is concerned. It is hard to believe it was 14 years […]
This week
The House is back for a four-week stint before it breaks again on April 14. Two days have been set aside to complete debate on the budget, and two more on opposition days. The Alliance is tilting toward making the gun registry the subject of its opposition day, but has also expressed interest in debating […]
Former Hill staffer on Post’s list of 50 most influential women
The National Post recently published its list of 50 of the most powerful women in Canada, “The Powerful 50,” and the list included women from a variety of fields such as politics, academia, the civil service and included such powerful names as the Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin, prominent novelist and writer Margaret Atwood, […]
How is Canada doing in a world driven by innovations? Canada lags behind several developed countries
Governments, academia and the private sector have made significant investments in innovation in recent years. As a result, Canada’s innovation performance is improving at a quick pace, and we enjoy the fastest rate of growth in some areas. However, a number of other countries moved earlier. Consequently, we lag behind many developed countries in terms […]
Grow up York University students
In searching through the national papers this morning, I have been unable to find one report of the disgusting incident that occurred at York University on March 5. This incident was caused by so called “pacifist” students attacking a group of students manning a table promoting the principles and policies of the Canadian Alliance. Is […]
Innovation for the environment: a trillion dollar market: We are entering an era where the most valuable natural resources are genetic
The economy’s dependence on the environment is so great that if the Government of Canada is going to produce a successful Innovation Strategy to secure the country’s economic future, the environment is going to have to be a big part of it. We all know Canada must innovate to improve productivity and prosper in a […]
Lack of leadership defines government’s online: strategy: Newly-released report portrays anxious community of high-tech workers
OTTAWA–Some of the federal public servants responsible for driving the Liberals’ ambitious e-government strategy have sent a clear message to the government that the bureaucracy lacks the leadership, qualified help, and funding to get the job done, a newly-obtained document reveals. The lengthy report, drawing on feedback gathered from officials in 12 major departments, is […]
Creating an innovative economy, culture of learning
The high quality of life Canadians have earned and enjoy is rightly recognized as among the best in the world. Yet, we, as a nation, must also recognize that our quality of life hinges on the skills and knowledge of each and every Canadian. The Government of Canada has long realized the importance of investing […]
Federal government trying to reverse trend, wants best and brightest to stay here: Rey Pagtakhan
This past year has given me the distinct privilege to meet some of our best and brightest scholars, researchers, and scientists throughout the country. Everywhere I travel, I am constantly reminded of how vastly different the state of innovation, research and development is now from slightly over a decade ago. We were losing many of […]
