Science, Technology Innovation Council and Innovation Performance

Liberal Party of Canada: Immigrants can help boost Canada innovation performance, according to Globe and Mail. In its latest State of the Nation report, the Science, Technology and Innovation Council noted that immigrants are overrepresented as business owners, founders of high-tech startups and patent holders. An innovation strategy will not succeed unless it backstopped by the best talent we can develop here at home and recruit from abroad. We must aggressively court skilled immigrants who, now more than ever, are being sought after by our competitor countries, the Liberal Party of Canada wrote in reply to the Canadian Chamber during the election campaign last fall. Fifteen months ago, Canada reformed its economic immigration system. The question is whether the courting should be done by employers, or mostly by government bureaucrats and a system that isn’t in sync with business needs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.