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Policy & Regulation
Canada needs to put science, technology and innovation at the core of economic policy   
By Mark Lowey
Canada needs to put science, technology and innovation at the centre of its economic policy agenda or risk losing ground to other countries that are doing so, panellists said at Research Money’s 24th annual conference in Ottawa. The country is at a critical moment in history and requires a bold vision for what it desires to be and wants to accomplish – a vision that all Canadians can support, they said.
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Canada and life sciences sector face an emergency that requires prioritizing resilience, innovation and self-reliance   
By Mark Lowey
Canada confronts a national health security emergency, and the country’s life sciences sector faces an unprecedented crisis, says a new report by the Public Policy Forum. The report urges Canada to prioritize resilience, innovation and self-reliance, including fast-tracking Health Emergency Readiness Canada.
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Whither Canada’s future workforce in the tech-driven global knowledge economy?   
By Mark Lowey
Canadian businesses are under-investing in training their employees while industry and academia are still operating in silos when it comes to training the future workforce, experts said at Research Money's annual conference in Ottawa. There needs to be more incentives for companies to de-risk training, more training in professional skills, and more experimentation in training, they said.
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The most important message entrepreneurs have for government: Buy our companies’ products and services   
By Mark Lowey
The biggest way governments could help Canadian entrepreneurs is to buy their companies’ products and services, entrepreneurs and founders said at Research Money’s annual conference in Ottawa. A little bit of swagger would go a long way, too.
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Canada needs to fix broken structures to create an innovation-driven economy   
By Mark Lowey
Canada’s structures for incentivizing and creating an innovation-driven economy are so broken, if the country were operating as a business it would be considered a bad investment, two veterans of the innovation landscape said at Alberta Innovates' Inventures conference in Calgary.
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Science & Technology
Canada’s low-carbon hydrogen industry is growing and hydrogen has important role in clean energy transition   
By Mark Lowey
Canada's hydrogen sector is gaining momentum, with over $100 billion in potential investments and growing international interest, positioning hydrogen as a key player in global emissions reduction and energy security. The federal government's most recent progress report looks at hydrogen's potential to supply up to 18 percent of Canada's energy by 2050, particularly in heavy industries and transportation.
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AI and big data could revolutionize health care but only if there’s trust in AI models and privacy is protected   
By Mark Lowey
Artificial intelligence combined with big data promises to revolutionize medicine, but realizing that promise will require AI models that doctors and patients trust, along with “secure enclaves” where data and privacy are protected, says a health care expert at Microsoft.
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Innovation & Investment
Canada’s research and innovation ecosystem needs to embrace failure and experiment with new ways of funding   
By Mark Lowey
Canada's research ecosystem is too risk-averse, shunning failure and hindering innovation, said experts at Research Money's annual conference in Ottawa. To compete globally, Canada must embrace new research funding models that foster wealth creation, provide societal benefits and encourage cross-sector collaboration.
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Canada’s innovation ecosystem lacks key elements for success implemented in other countries   
By Mark Lowey
Canada lacks an overarching strategy, long-term planning, policy continuity and other key ingredients for success in its innovation ecosystem compared with countries like the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the European Union. That was the main takeaway from an international panel at Research Money’s annual conference in Ottawa.
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The Short Report
The Short Report: July 9, 2025   
By Research Money
Canada is a global leader in AI research and talent but needs more AI adoption by industry; Canada’s foreign affairs department no longer has the stature and influence it once enjoyed; proposed cap on oil and gas industry emissions has high economic and security costs; being a “modern superpower” doesn’t mean building new fossil fuel infrastructure; federal government subsidies for private businesses are no longer tenable;, and more.
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The Short Report July 2, 2025   
By Research Money
Three-quarters of Canadians support “fast-tracking” major projects but not at the expense of bypassing environmental reviews; extreme rise in policy uncertainty is taking a toll on business and consumer confidence; Ottawa lacks whole-of-government insight and tools to determine “best value” in procurement; Western Canada is well positioned to become a powerhouse in critical minerals-battery production value chain; and more.
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Voices
Is hydrogen a net-zero saviour or a fantasy?
By Yogi Schulz
Despite enthusiasm for hydrogen's potential to reduce emissions, it faces significant cost hurdles, with current prices far exceeding gasoline and natural gas, writes Yogi Schulz. This economic reality, coupled with infrastructure limitations, suggests widespread green hydrogen adoption remains a distant prospect unless substantial cost reductions and technological advancements occur, he argues.
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AI is not a sector – it is a systems transformation requiring an innovation policy shift
By Andrew Maxwell
Current federal strategies on artificial intelligence – including the mandate for the minister of AI – fall short by not recognizing AI as a systems-level transformation requiring a shift in innovation policy to embed AI into public sector operations, writes Andrew Maxwell at York University.
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