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Ontario commits $19 million to the province’s regional tech hubs to bolster EV manufacturing

ventureLAB, Communitech, Invest Ottawa, NORCAT among the recipients. The Government of Ontario is committing $19 million CAD to the province’s regional tech development sites…

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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.”…

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Alberta tech CEOs sign letter claiming restrictions over “software engineer” title hampering province’s talent gains

A number of Alberta’s leading technology companies have issued an open letter to the newly elected provincial premier over concerns that a professional standards…

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Québec’s innovation minister “not happy” with province’s R&D commercialization
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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…

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