Tech investment platforms
Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.NDP
- Take a strategic, sector-specific approach to investments in innovation and R&D, focusing on development of low-carbon technologies.
- Review federal procurement to encourage Canadian bidders.
- Encourage entrepreneurship and start-up culture.
We’ll take a strategic, sector-specific approach that invests in innovation and R&D here at home – and we’ll put a particular focus on developing the technologies the world will need to thrive in a low-carbon future.
We’ll review the federal procurementsystem (sic) to ensure that, wherever possible, federal government processes are designed to encourage Canadian bidders - including projects supporting the expansion of digital government.
A New Democrat government will step up as a partner to foster entrepreneurship and support a Canadian start-up culture with a focus on helping Canadian companies in all regions of the country commercialize new technologies and scale-up, train, and retain the highly-skilled Canadian workforce needed to support industry growth and bolster Canadian competitiveness on the world stage.
From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.