{"id":228612,"date":"2019-02-13T13:05:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T18:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/podcast\/digital-strategy-for-canada-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T01:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:04:46","slug":"digital-strategy-for-canada-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/podcast\/digital-strategy-for-canada-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A digital strategy for Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As more aspects of the economy go digital, Canadian businesses face new challenges along with new opportunities. It\u2019s clear that Canada\u2019s economic growth depends on how we seize these opportunities. Our past few federal budgets have addressed this: they have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to grow innovation networks and streamline innovation programs. But as the pace of innovation increases worldwide, Canada must lead or be left behind.<\/p>\n<p>David Wolfe joins the podcast to discuss the obstacles facing Canadian businesses and the path to a successful digital policy strategy. Wolfe is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto (Mississauga campus) and co-director of the Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. He is currently leading a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant for the project Creating Digital Opportunity for Canada. To learn more, you can read his report, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/irpp.org\/research-studies\/a-digital-strategy-for-canada\/\">A Digital Strategy for Canada: The Current Challenge<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-caption\">Photo: Shutterstock \/ By Peera_stockfoto<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Do you have something to say about the article you just read? 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