More government grants is not the solution
One of the key observations when it comes to evaluating Canada’s innovation performance is that compared to our peers among industrialized countries, we spend more public money than average, but a lot less private money. We are actually at the very bottom of the ranking for venture capital investment and business R&D. Yet, over the […]
Academics call for federal government investment in Bombardier
If the government wants a Canadian company to become a global player in the aerospace sector than it will have to pony up the cash to help it along, because that’s the nature of the business, according to some industry watchers. The iconic Canadian company, Bombardier, manufacturer of the troubled C Series plane, is facing major […]
MPs party under the stars, B.C. politicos come to town
Last Wednesday was another event-filled evening on the Hill and in the Hill neighbourhood as lobby groups filled the newly-renovated Sir John A. Macdonald Building reception room on Wellington Street and others flocked to the Party Under the Stars at Ottawa City Hall. The Party Under the Stars event, organized by longtime Hill staffer Cheri […]
What’s up with Alberta conservatives?
OTTAWA—When a group of business executives bandied together on the eve of the Alberta election to warn people about the perils of voting for Rachel Notley’s NDP, it’s fair to say the event didn’t go well. The group of high-profile Progressive Conservative supporters looked especially petulant and out-of-touch when one of the men explained that […]
Trudeau holds Cabinet meeting in New Brunswick as reward for electoral victory, looking to future
It wasn’t just the stunning view that took Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his inside circle to St. Andrew’s by the Sea, N.B., this week for the first Liberal Cabinet retreat outside the National Capital Region in more than a decade—it was a thought to the political future. Of nine electoral districts the Liberals won […]
