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By Mark Lowey
Canada’s decade-long weak economic growth is caused mainly by a loss in cultural values that foster innovation – including willingness to compete, says the author of a study on the “growth crisis.”

By Mark Lowey
Canada’s low-innovation business strategy is threatened by four global megatrends likely to force more innovation, says a report by a former deputy chief of staff for policy in the PMO’s office.

By Mark Lowey
Canada needs to fix a financing gap for early-stage businesses that’s impeding their success and often leading to potential high-growth firms being sold to foreign corporations, says a new report.

By Mark Lowey
A pilot program to help grad students and post-docs build entrepreneurial skills and consider creating startups based on their academic research has grown over three years into a national endeavour.

By Tim Lougheed
What government says — or does not say — about research and industrial policy in the next few months, will tell us whether those policies exist at all.

By Mark Lowey
Government needs to fix some problems at Sustainable Development Technology Canada and improve its oversight of SDTC and how Ottawa funds cleantech innovation, based on a Research Money analysis.

By Tim Lougheed
Development may not always be what researchers expect, but it is what investors want.

By Tim Lougheed
Looking for net-zero emissions, a major international steelmaker invests in Canadian technology.

By Leah Geller
Pedalling on two wheels is about more than just getting to work