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In this commentary published in the The Globe and Mail, Dan Ciuriak and Laurent Carbonneau delves into Canada's need to use public procurement to boost innovation, which is an essential component of wealth creation and productivity growth in an economy, characterized by technological disruption. A country can’t remain prosperous without it.
" The risks and opportunities raised by transformative technological change prompted more than 2,500 industrial policy interventions by governments worldwide in 2023 to retool and boost their economies, with sometimes vertigo-inducing funding commitments. Canada is in this game whether we like it or not – we cannot resign …
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