It’s official: Canada will have a federal election on September 20. The election appears to be Trudeau’s election to lose, but it will still offer opportunity to debate the Liberals’ track record and popularize new ideas in the innovation space, writes Sebastian Leck, Research Money’s managing editor.
Organization: Liberal Party
Conservative Party’s plan to create DARPA-like research agency gets support of business groups
Some prominent business groups are welcoming a Conservative innovation policy calling for a new Canadian advanced research agency modelled after the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA).
Except Greens, campaigning parties silent on support for STI
With the exception of the Green Party, scant attention is being paid to STI funding and policy issues as the parties compete on so-called pocketbook issues while ignoring the critical underpinnings of the knowledge economy.
The Short Report, September 25, 2019: Global Biotech Week, honeybee research, tax cuts for cleantech
The Liberal government promised to halve the corporate tax rate for cleantech companies if re-elected. Small and large businesses in sectors like renewable energy, zero emission vehicles, and carbon capture and removal technology would see their taxes lowered from nine per cent to 4.5 percent and 15 percent to 7.5 per cent respectively. The promise…
Royal Society paper calls for Liberals to renew overhaul to Canada’s science advice ecosystem
The Liberal government is being encouraged to complete its overhaul of Canada’s science advisory ecosystem, to ensure that the country captures more of the economic and societal benefits of S&T, according to a new position paper by the Royal Society of Canada.
Ontario Liberals offering most cohesive STI commitments amongst provincial election hopefuls
If Canadian elections were fought and won on the quality the parties’ science, technology and innovation (STI) platforms, the Liberal Party of Ontario would be the winner hands down in the provincial contest on June 7, extending its 15-year grip on power for another four years.