Talent shortage a priority for biotech sector emerging from pandemic
Canada is likely to face a shortfall of about 65,000 workers in the bio-economy by 2029, according to BioTalent Canada.
New safety guidance sets up corporate self-regulation of GMOs
Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency both recently updated their guidance on regulating genetically engineered foods and seeds.
Biotech sector is having a generational moment in Canada
It is not possible to predict what or when the next global health challenge will be, or what solutions will be needed.
Canada’s place in the world of biotechnology research and application is in jeopardy
Government of Canada funded scholarships and fellowships are the primary sources of income for many biotechnology researchers. To stem the brain-drain, Canada must significantly increase the value and number of graduate student scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships and to index them to the cost of living.
Can biotechnology put patients’ needs ahead of profits?
These are challenging dilemmas for a government that gutted a suite of policies designed to cap excessive drug prices, and that ‘waxed lyrical’ about the importance of accelerating vaccine access worldwide, then failed to support an intellectual property waiver that would expand global production of COVID-19 vaccines.
Seizing the moment: building Canada’s academic leadership into a commercial powerhouse
Too much high-quality research is failing to make it out of laboratories to the benefit of patients and the Canadian economy.
Putting optimism to work: it’s the most rational case anyone might make for the future
The rational antidote to nihilism and Trumpism is not despair. It’s found in our history of progress.
Legislative Agenda Preview
Fall sitting should focus on work after ‘more negativity than we’re used to’ in spring session, says PSG leader
Mood on Parliament Hill is related to an ‘election mode,’ according to PSG Leader Jane Cordy.
Budget-related bills should focus on budget-related matters
For many years, and across multiple governments, budget implementation bills have contained a litany of legislative items unconnected to the budget, but which were placed there for convenience or efficiency.
