Lawrence Zhang

Canada Doesn’t Have an Innovation System: It Has 134 Programs Canada needs a new federal institution that makes its innovation system more than the sum of its parts: a Canadian Innovation and Industrial Transformation Agency. This institution wouldn’t replace pr...

Canada doesn’t have an innovation system. Just 134 disconnected programs.

Now’s the moment to fix that—with our new NATO R&D commitment as the catalyst.

We need a national operator to move tech from lab to deployment. Not more pilots. A real system.

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Why Canada Must Keep Talking to Trump’s America Canada’s path forward requires becoming a more productive trading nation that is less reliant on external forces and more capable of turning ambition into economic power. Walking away from the most co...

With PM Carney and Trump finally talking, negotiation is back on the table. Some say Canada should walk away, but that would be strategically short-sighted. Re-engaging now lets us shape the talks, test U.S. intentions, and strengthen our long-term economic position.

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Canada Should Hire Scientists Trump Fires Trump and Musk are disrupting America’s scientific community, giving Canada a rare opportunity to attract top talent and position itself as a global innovation powerhouse.

For decades, Canadian scientists moved south for opportunity. Now, U.S. science is under political attack, and talent is looking north. Canada must seize this moment to turn brain drain into brain gain. Here's how we can do it:

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