Op-Eds

Canada’s declining position in the Global Competitiveness Index, the lower productivity of Canadian companies compared to U.S. firms, and the low ranking of Canadian companies in the Global Innovation Index despite the strengths of our scientific community and the quality of its research suggest that Canadians are adroit in transforming “money into knowledge,” but have difficulty mastering the alchemy of transforming “knowledge into money."

It is well established that high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute disproportionally to innovation, productivity improvement, competitiveness and economic growth. Increasing the number of high-growth SMEs is a major focus of industrial policy worldwide. But in Canada…

If you surveyed 1,000 Canadians, as pollsters often do, and asked them to provide an example of an innovative sector, most would not name forestry. Yet, in an age of increased trade protectionism, worsening forest fires and concerns about environmental impact of materials from cement to plastic, Canada’s forest products industry is meeting these challenges head on.

Years of extensive collaboration with governments, Indigenous communities, and research partners has made Canada’s forest products sector a global leader in product and process innovation, environmental stewardship, and international trade. Yet as science transforms the materials of daily life and new markets enter the global middle class, the question before us is,…

The Ontario government is reorganizing health care, from the Health Ministry to the doctor’s office. To meet the goals of reducing wait times, constraining costs and ensuring patients have access to high-quality health care, the government should address fundamental challenges in primary care and how family doctors are paid.

Ending hallway medicine was one of the signature campaign promises of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives when they were elected. To this end, the government proposed a health care system reorganization, featuring a network of Ontario Health Teams with responsibility for supplying “integrated” health care to all residents.

Patients and health professionals are waiting to hear what the government will…