Seeding innovation in Canada’s agri-food sector
Skills for food systems innovation must be democratized through non-formal pathways, with emphasis on youth, recent immigrants, and Indigenous nations.
Point made, now get back to work
If you’re not willing to break the impasse, then let the government fall, call an election, and let the people actually decide what they think of these shenanigans.
Canada’s entrepreneurial mindset starts with its students
As each new cohort of students interested in exploring entrepreneurship is ever-more sophisticated, our programs and services must evolve to meet their ambitions.
Solving Canada’s innovation paradox
It’s time for a new way of thinking about how to support innovation so we can dismantle the innovation paradox.
Cultivating growth: Canada’s bio-economy opportunity
The bio-economy offers a path to more productivity by leveraging our domestic resources, adopting innovative technologies and advanced manufacturing capabilities, and building strong, integrated supply and value chains here at home.
Jake Fuss is the one who’s dead wrong: Tom McElroy
Re: “Trudeau is dead wrong about Canada’s debt,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 9). Jake Fuss, director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute, is the one who is dead wrong. The analysis he presents deliberately excludes the very financial assets that would produce a fine IPO for a business borrowing money. It’s like assessing an […]
Canada needs solutions-focused innovation to tackle social and environmental challenges
An independent social innovation agency could help make this happen.
‘Elghawaby has been a clear voice for reform and change’: Woodley
Re: “It is time for Amira Elghawaby to step down,” by Andrew Caddell (The Hill Times, Oct. 9, 2024). Let’s be clear, columnist Andrew Caddell is attacking Amira Elghawaby not because she has “lost the room,” but because she is effective at her job and is engaging “the room”—the Canadian public—very successfully. As Canada’s special […]
Trump’s support among young men in Canada is troubling
It may also be a reflection of how young men feel they are the forgotten generation.
Will innovation support or undermine rural and Northern Canada?
Northern and rural areas are losing stores to e-commerce, cinemas to video-streaming, and professional jobs to e-health and e-education, and getting only a small return in the way of reduced costs of living and limited jobs.
