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Clouds Forming on Industrial Research Horizon
By Ron Freedman

Canada’s competitive future is at risk. New data indicate that by one important measure the R&D performance of the Canadian economy has been stuck in neutral for nearly a decade and is possibly beginning to roll backwards.

The Commercialization Conundrum

By Ron Freedman

It’s clear from the February throne speech and subsequent ministerial statements that technology commercialization is going to be a major theme of a new Liberal government.

Horizontal Linkages – A Recipe for Success

By Ron Freedman

Interest is growing in Ottawa in the issue of “horizontal S&T linkages” – in other words “How can federal science departments best work with one another and the outside world?”.

Who are the Innovators?
By Ron Freedman

There are three important questions that innovation analysts and policymakers still don’t have a good handle on with regard to industrial innovation: “Who? Is doing what? Where?” See if you know the answer to the following questions.

Hats Off to the Bureaucrats
By Ron Freedman

Industry Canada and HRDC bureaucrats deserve praise for keeping the innovation policy ship of state afloat through stormy political seas. Surviving a fiscal downturn, last-minute ministerial changes, central agency meddling, and internecine party warfare, the Government of Canada’s new innovation strategy (Achieving Excellence: Investing in People, Knowledge and Opportunity) boldly outlines 10 federal priorities and 15 explicit short- and long-term targets.