{"id":228550,"date":"2018-10-10T15:36:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T19:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/podcast\/path-forward-innovation-policy-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T01:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:04:44","slug":"path-forward-innovation-policy-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/podcast\/path-forward-innovation-policy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A path forward for innovation policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Innovation has become an essential element of policy conversations about economic growth. But given trends like globalization, technological change and population aging, how exactly will it help boost the economy?<\/p>\n

Peter Nicholson joins the podcast to talk about why innovation policy matters, evaluate Canada\u2019s innovation record in an international context, and explain why he thinks the federal government\u2019s current innovation plan doesn\u2019t go far enough.<\/p>\n

Peter Nicholson is the founding president of the Council of Canadian Academies. He is a former policy adviser in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office and was a business executive.<\/p>\n

Read his new paper<\/a> for the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Facing the Facts: Reconsidering Business Innovation Policy in Canada<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Download for free. New episodes every second Wednesday. Tweet your questions and comments to @IRPP or @madihaslam.<\/p>\n

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