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Immigration Minister details strategy for attracting foreign tech talent, digital nomads
Work permits will be prioritized for entrepreneurs backed by VCs or angels. Canada is in a global race for the worldwide tech talent…
Six months after petition launch, federal minister calls market benefits plan “essential” to Global Talent Stream visa
Employees at VanHack, Hopper, Dapper Labs, others signed a petition that calls the plan “cumbersome.” As Canadian tech stakeholders continue to petition for the…
Payments Canada pens open letter to Minister of Finance to expand organization’s membership eligibility
Payments Canada pens open letter to Minister of Finance to expand organization’s membership eligibility Payments Canada, along with other stakeholders in Canada’s payments industry…
New BC innovation minister Brenda Bailey lays out how she plans to support province’s tech, innovation
Minister: “the most important thing in our tech sector … is people, and this government is very serious about continuing our competitive advantage of people.”…
Statements from Alberta innovation minister cast doubt on return of investor tax credit
Glubish: “the AITC was not working to create long-term sustainable tech companies.” That Alberta’s government cares deeply about the success of the province’s tech…
BC appoints Brenda Bailey as new innovation minister in cabinet shuffle
Bailey has strong ties to the province’s tech sector, founding a video game studio in 2011. Brenda Bailey has been named innovation minister in…
Nate Glubish new Alberta innovation minister as Premier Smith names cabinet
Meanwhile: spat between Alberta tech leaders and APEGA over “software engineers” continues. Newly-elected Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced her cabinet appointees, with Nate Glubish…
Former Alberta innovation minister Doug Schweitzer joins Deloitte as senior advisor
Tanya Fir was sworn in as Alberta’s new innovation minister in recent weeks. Doug Schweitzer, former minister of jobs, economy, and innovation of Alberta,…
Québec’s innovation minister “not happy” with province’s R&D commercialization
With new $7.5 billion SQRI2 strategy, Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon aims to close the productivity gap with Ontario. Québec’s Minister of Economy and Innovation is…