Experts look out to 2040

If Canada wants to become a leading innovative nation by 2040, what policies and programs should be instituted in the next six years to improve the odds of achieving its objective? Will the nation overcome its reliance on natural resources and build a more diverse economy driven by strong technology demand, a mobile, skilled workforce and healthy exports?

That was the scenario facing more than 60 policy makers and business and academic leaders who participated in a two-day foresight symposium in Ottawa last month.