Lindsay Borthwick

New federal budget could include funding for a quantum institute as global race for quantum tech heats up

Lindsay Borthwick
March 24, 2021

When Budget 2021 drops on April 19, some of Canada’s quantum researchers and entrepreneurs will be holding their breath. That is because the Standing Committee on Finance published a budget recommendation in February urging the federal government to “financially support the establishment of a quantum computing research institute in the Toronto area, similar to the Vector Institute.”

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