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- 'The Liberal government has a heavy agenda ahead with numerous commitments. What changes or measures should it pursue first? Should it reconsider any?'
- Bringing real change to Canada’s knowledge culture
- Cabinet will finally have gender parity, get over it
- Canadian Senate, a simple fix
- Canadian society most tolerant, but room for improvement on talent, technology
- Championing innovation as important as unleashing science
- Colleges underestimated institutions, say innovation experts
- Commitment to science essential for new government
- Conservative MPs feel ‘certain liberty’ after 10 years under Harper’s message discipline
- Conservatives Senators showing troubling, potentially destructive partisanship
- Do we really need innovation in health care?
- Ebola vaccine: A Canadian success story
- Five steps Ottawa could take to compete, prosper in global clean energy economy
- Flawed copyright case places spotlight on Canada’s digital lock problem
- Getting it right in the Arctic
- Goodale, Freeland, Wilson-Raybould, LeBlanc, Foote take big roles on Cabinet committees
- How will Trudeau change Canada?
- Innovation critical economic challenge facing new Trudeau government
- It’s time to promote innovation to create jobs and growth
- It’s time to ‘think different’ about innovation
Posted: 06 Nov 2015 07:43 AM PST |
Bringing real change to Canada’s knowledge culture Posted: 06 Nov 2015 10:07 AM PST The new Trudeau government has signalled a course correction when it comes to the sciences. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) |
Cabinet will finally have gender parity, get over it Posted: 06 Nov 2015 10:13 AM PST This step could be precisely what Canada needs to get the ball rolling on breaking our institutional glass ceiling, and finally normalizing women's equal access to opportunity in government and beyond, says Jenn Jefferys. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) OTTAWA—You know what breaks my heart? Nay – you know what makes my blood boil? When otherwise completely rational, well-educated, critical-thinking men spontaneously devolve into Victorian patriarchs whenever a woman might actually be afforded equal access to power. |
Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:34 PM PST Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) The Canadian Senate is unpopular, but it can serve a useful purpose. In should be a voice for the provinces (not the federal political parties), a “Chamber of Sober Second Thought,” and a check on the unfettered power of the Prime Minister. Under the Constitution, the Prime Minister appoints Senators. Amending the Constitution is effectively impossible, given needed “deals” with the provinces and likely another referendum. |
Canadian society most tolerant, but room for improvement on talent, technology Posted: 06 Nov 2015 12:52 PM PST Canada ranked fourth overall in the school's 2015 Global Creativity Index, which measured 139 countries on sustainable prosperity according to talent, technology and tolerance. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) While Canadian society is considered the most tolerant in the world, according to the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, there is some room to improve on talent and technology. Canada ranked fourth overall in the school’s 2015 Global Creativity Index, which measured 139 countries on sustainable prosperity according to talent, technology and tolerance. |
Championing innovation as important as unleashing science Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:59 PM PST Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) |
Colleges underestimated institutions, say innovation experts Posted: 06 Nov 2015 12:51 PM PST A Conference Board of Canada study, paid by Colleges Ontario in 2010, says college-based applied research is a catalyst for driving innovation and productivity. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) While the Conference Board of Canada says that college-based applied research is a catalyst for driving innovation and productivity, some innovation experts say that colleges are underestimated institutions. |
Commitment to science essential for new government Posted: 06 Nov 2015 12:46 PM PST Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) |
Conservative MPs feel ‘certain liberty’ after 10 years under Harper’s message discipline Posted: 08 Nov 2015 04:55 PM PST Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day)  Conservatives are feeling a “certain liberty” to speak candidly, without fear of “reprisals” or the pressure of government where even a minor difference of opinion could be construed as a split in the party since Stephen Harper stepped down as leader on Oct. 19 following their election defeat. “They were told not to talk to the media. Any association with the media was tended to be frowned upon,” said former Alberta Conservative MP Lee Richardson, who won four consecutive elections between 2004 and 2011. He was also a Progressive Conservative MP from 1988 to 1993 under former prime minister Brian Mulroney. |
Conservatives Senators showing troubling, potentially destructive partisanship Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:44 PM PST This is wrong. The Senate is indeed Canada's second House of Parliament but it is not, and was never intended to be, a second House of Commons. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day)  OTTAWA—The new government has just been sworn in and already some Conservative Senators are talking about delaying, blocking, or defeating government bills passed by the House of Commons. One Senator is quoted as saying “there may be some things that Trudeau and some of his colleagues are very supportive of that an overwhelming majority of Canadians are not comfortable with.” |
Do we really need innovation in health care? Posted: 06 Nov 2015 12:48 PM PST Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) Talk of innovation is everywhere. The formula is simple—innovations, like driverless cars, Smartphones and block chain databases disrupt existing markets, increase productivity, and drive economic growth. Investors make returns and life improves for everyone. |
Ebola vaccine: A Canadian success story Posted: 05 Nov 2015 04:03 PM PST Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) In December 2013, when the symptoms of the Ebola disease began to appear in the West African nation of Guinea, few could have predicted the magnitude and virulence of the epidemic that would follow and rapidly spread to the neighbouring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone. |
Five steps Ottawa could take to compete, prosper in global clean energy economy Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:53 PM PST With a new government in Ottawa and a clear mandate from voters, it's time for Canada to hit refresh on its climate reputation and clean energy ambitions. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day)  Our newly-elected federal government has a clear mandate to start rebuilding Canada’s reputation on climate change and capitalizing on its clean energy potential. As the new federal ministers pick up their briefing binders and begin mapping out the best path forward on energy, the economy and the environment, here are five steps Ottawa could take to position Canada to compete and prosper, both now and as the global clean energy economy takes off.
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Flawed copyright case places spotlight on Canada’s digital lock problem Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:46 PM PST When the copyright reform debate returns to Parliament Hill, the Liberals' best chance to fix the problem is to follow their own advice by permitting circumvention for lawful purposes. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) OTTAWA—Does asking a friend for a copy of a newspaper article from a subscription website constitute copyright infringement? According to an Ottawa small claims court, it does. The court recently issued a deeply flawed copyright ruling, providing a timely warning about the dangers of Canada’s restrictive digital lock rules that were enacted by the Conservatives over the strong objection of many copyright watchers. |
Getting it right in the Arctic Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:49 PM PST If Nunavut is to flourish it is urgent that the Government of Canada work closely with us to solve deep-seated, long-standing, and debilitating social and economic issues that are holding us back, and potentially weakening Canada's ability to assert Arctic sovereignty. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day)  IQALUIT, NUNAVUT—Aboriginal issues, specifically Arctic and Inuit issues, did not get much attention in the long federal election campaign. Few voters live here, but several issues in Nunavut—one-fifth of Canada—are of national importance. But all is not right in the Arctic. If Nunavut is to flourish it is urgent that the Government of Canada work closely with us to solve deep-seated, long-standing and debilitating social and economic issues that are holding us back, and potentially weakening Canada’s ability to assert Arctic sovereignty. |
Goodale, Freeland, Wilson-Raybould, LeBlanc, Foote take big roles on Cabinet committees Posted: 08 Nov 2015 04:49 PM PST Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day)  He wasn’t put back into his old role as Finance minister but Ralph Goodale features prominently in influential Cabinet committees, sitting on five and chairing one. Public Safety Minister Goodale’s (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) Cabinet committee roles include the Agenda and Results Committee—which replaced the influential Plans and Priorities—and he chairs the committee on Canada in the World and Public Security. “He’s starting to look like a deputy prime minister even if there’s no such title,” said Don Boudria, a senior counsellor with Hill and Knowlton Strategies and former Liberal Cabinet minister. |
How will Trudeau change Canada? Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:40 PM PST I expect that even with change-happy Trudeau sitting in the Prime Minister's Office, a lot of stuff will remain the same. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day)  OAKVILLE, ONT.—Now that all the formalities associated with the ancient, venerable traditions of British parliamentary democracy have been met and Justin Trudeau, along with his newly-minted, ethnically diverse, gender-balanced, progressive-leaning Cabinet are firmly ensconced in power, it’s time to talk about change. |
Innovation critical economic challenge facing new Trudeau government Posted: 06 Nov 2015 10:01 AM PST The big challenge is to transform our economy from an innovation laggard into an innovation leader in the face of big challenges due to a new technology revolution and globalization that we cannot escape. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day)  TORONTO—Innovation is the critical economic challenge facing the new Trudeau government. While immediate stimulus through large-scale infrastructure spending, middle-class tax cuts, and a budget deficit will provide a helpful boost to the economy, that’s far from enough. The big challenge is to transform our economy from an innovation laggard into an innovation leader in the face of big challenges, due to a new technology revolution and globalization that we cannot escape. |
It’s time to promote innovation to create jobs and growth Posted: 06 Nov 2015 10:06 AM PST Canadian innovators and entrepreneurs are looking for a reliable federal partner that will help leverage Canadian know-how to grow the Canadian economy. We want to be that partner. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) In an increasingly competitive global economy, innovation is a key to creating growth and good-paying middle class jobs. While other countries are strengthening their commitment to research, development and commercialization, Canada is falling behind. |
It’s time to ‘think different’ about innovation Posted: 05 Nov 2015 04:02 PM PST Continued investments in science and technology are essential to improving the lives of Canadians and ensuring their prosperity well into the future. Mon, 2015-11-09 (All day) |
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