‘We need a champion in government:’ Tech CEOs want prosperity strategy from Trudeau

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In a letter they sent to Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, 133 tech executives say Canada needs a plan to champion innovators and help build new jobs and industries

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.More than 130 Canadian tech leaders are calling on the prime minister to create a prosperity plan because they say the country won’t excel without support for innovators and the government has been slow to offer help.

The executives who penned the letter want a government prosperity plan to include strategic investments in businesses on track for success, help commercializing Canadian ideas, creation of an ecosystem where innovators can grow at home and abroad, and development of processes around intellectual property and data – areas Canada chronically fails to protect.

Leaders like Janssen want action now because the COVID-19 pandemic is causing companies and processes to face financial strains, challenges and opportunities like they’ve never seen before. “The only way that you create prosperity is you have IP that is developed locally that thus results in the wealth and jobs created that benefit all of our communities here in Canada, and don’t just get sucked out to some foreign country,” Janssen argues.

They all agree now is the time to act because COVID-19 has created a sense of flexibility within the business and tech communities, but also from officials and the economy.

 

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