GTIPA Virtual Summit 2020
On October 29, the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance will be holding a summit bringing together alliance members and experts from around...
Lack of innovation is crippling Maritime recovery: Philip Cross in the Telegraph Journal
Implementing changes to bolster a more entrepreneurial culture will take time, but less than the decades already wasted on government efforts to boost...
COVID-19 destroyed. Now we must let innovators create: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Growing our economy requires cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset, not grandiose plans for more government spending, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is...
New MLI paper by Philip Cross: Fixing Canada’s Chronic Lack of Innovation
OTTAWA, ON (September 15, 2020): As the Canadian economy recovers from the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Canada’s ability...
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...
