COVID-19 Highlights Weaknesses in Canada’s System for New Medicines: MLI report by Rawson and Adams
OTTAWA, ON (June 18, 2020): The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed numerous weaknesses in Canadian health care, and as the world races for new...
Econ 101: Drug price controls shrink supply: Richard Owens in the Financial Post
Increased drug revenues enable increased research and development expenditures, which in turn result in better health and longer lives, writes Richard Owens. By...
A better innovation policy: Protect ideas, don’t subsidize businesses: Richard Owens and Brett Byers in the Financial Post
Current innovation policies are a mess of disparate and expensive programs that dole out vast amounts of money wastefully and inefficiently, write Richard Owens...
Equity-based incentives are not the way to encourage innovation: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
Equity-based incentives don't generally work outside giving some well-to-do investors a large tax break, writes Jack Mintz. By Jack Mintz, February 26, 2020...
Don’t reject change — manage its effects: Jack Mintz in Financial Post
How well we handle change is critical — it could mean either social progress or misery. Our challenge is to take advantage of...
Real innovation required: Richard Owens in the Hill Times
We need a whole new direction on innovation. Let’s wind up all the innovation corporate welfare programs and return their budget allocations to...
A real innovation agenda for Canada: MLI Commentary by Richard Owens
OTTAWA, ON (October 11, 2019): Canada lags behind other developed nations when it comes to innovation. From declining investments in research and development...
What Went Wrong with Canada’s Carbon Tax? MLI commentary by Philip Cross
OTTAWA, ON (July 9, 2019): At one time, the carbon tax was a popular policy with a significant number of proponents on both...
MLI's Owens documents Ottawa's innovation hits and misses for international report
MLI Munk Senior Fellow Richard Owens recently contributed, alongside co-authors Daniel Schwanen (C.D. Howe Institute) and Stephen Ezell (Information Technology and Innovation Foundation),...
Are we ready for industrial revolution No. 4? This time is different: Linda Nazareth in the Globe
Industry 4.0 offers amazing possibilities for everything from manufacturing to medicine, but we should be aware of its spin-off effects, writes Linda Nazareth....
