Mark Lowey

Federal government must improve “catastrophic” innovation performance, say innovation experts and business groups

Mark Lowey
December 9, 2020

Innovation experts and business groups are stepping up calls for the federal government to fix a "weak and out of balance" innovation ecosystem. Canada continues to lag other countries in innovation performance and productivity, according to international indexes.

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Organizations: Blackberry, Bloomberg, Business Council of Canada, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Council of Canadian Innovators, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Economic Strategy Tables, German Federation of Industrial Research Associations, Global Advantage Consulting Group, Government of Canada, Innovation, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, NASA, National Research Council, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Research in Motion, Science and Economic Development Canada, University of Toronto, and World Economic Forum
People: Benjamin Bergen, Corrine Pohlmann, Dan Breznitz, David Watters, Jim Balsillie, Ömer Kaya, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Robert Asselin
Topics: 2020 Bloomberg Innovation Index, aerospace sector, automotive parts and manufacturing sector, Canada's innovation ecosystem, Canada's innovation performance, Collaborative Research, Commercialization, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-accelerated innovation, COVID;s impact on R&D spending, COVID's impact on small businesses, demand-driven innovation, digital economy, Digital infrastructure, diversity management, energy sector, entrepreneurs, federal innovation policies, federal innovation programs, foreign multinationals, Fortune Global 500 list, generating and owning IP, global markets, global technological transformation, government innovation funding, green economy, higher education, hospitality sector, industrial sector-specific targets, innovation performance indicators, intangible economy, intellectual property, invention, IP protection, labour force, national data strategy, national innovation targets, national IP strategy, national R&D targets, natural resources, patent filings, post-COVID economic recovery, post-secondary institutions, procurement, productivity, R&D spending, research institutions, sales and marketing skills, Scale Ups, skills and talents, smart manufacturing, SMEs, startups, supply chains, sustainable industries, technology adoption, trade diversification, universities, and wealth creation

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