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Technology

Tech investment platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Tech investment.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Tech investment.

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.

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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.

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We don't have any Bloc policies on Tech investment.

Green

Strike a parliamentary committee to examine the implications of introducing 5G technology, including security issues and impacts on weather forecasting, and make recommendations on how and if Canada should proceed.
We don't have any PPC policies on Tech investment.

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