Budget 2024

Tax and spend fiscal plan will inhibit growth

Robert Asselin calls for a more comprehensive and intentional approach to innovation similar to that taken by many of Canada’s global competitors and peers. He shares this perspective with the National Post in a story about Canada’s challenges in securing the critical intellectual property rights needed to build next-generation technologies.

“We’re spending here and there, hoping that it will all result in something, but it’s not focused. It’s not intentional.”

Robert Asselin, Senior Vice President, Business Council of Canada