$950 million investment positions Canada for an innovative boom in high-growth sectors
Kavita Pahwa | The Voice of Canada News
Ms. Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament for Brampton North believes that when small, medium-sized and large companies, academic institutions, and not-for-profit organizations come together to generate bold ideas, Canadians benefit from more well-paying jobs, ground-breaking research, and a world-leading innovation economy. That’s why the Government of Canada is investing up to $950 million under the Innovation Superclusters Initiative.
The investment, which will be matched dollar for dollar by the private sector, is expected to create more than 50,000 middle-class jobs and grow Canada’s economy by $50 billion over
the next 10 years.
In 2017, the Government of Canada challenged Canadian businesses of all sizes to collaborate with other innovation actors, including post-secondary and research institutions, to propose bold and ambitious strategies that would transform regional economies and develop job-creating superclusters of innovation, like Silicon Valley.
Recently, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic
Development, announced Canada’s five superclusters:
. The Ocean Supercluster (based in Atlantic Canada) will use innovation to improve
competitiveness in Canada’s ocean-based industries, including fisheries, oil and gas,
and clean energy
. The
SCALE.AI Supercluster (based in Quebec) will make Canada a world leading
exporter by building intelligent supply chains through artificial intelligence and
robotics
. The Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster (based in Ontario) will connect Canada’s
technology strengths to our manufacturing industry to make us a world
manufacturing leader in the economy of tomorrow
. The Protein Industries Supercluster (based in the Prairies) will make Canada a
leading source for plant proteins and help feed the world
. The Digital Technology Supercluster (based in British Columbia) will use big data
and digital technologies to unlock new potential in important sectors like healthcare,
forestry, and manufacturing.
The Innovation Superclusters Initiative is a centrepiece of the Government of Canada’s
Innovation and Skills Plan, a multi-year strategy to prepare Canada for the innovative jobs
of today and tomorrow.
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“Today we are investing in five superclusters so that tomorrow we will be more than
50,000 jobs richer and benefit from an even stronger economy—an innovation economy.
With the Superclusters Initiative, we bet on Canadians. We looked at what we did well
across our great nation, and we asked industry, academia and NGOs how we could do it
better. The response was impressive and the ideas were remarkable.”
-The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic
Development
“I am excited that the Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster bid received funding under
the Innovation Superclusters Initiative as this will have a real and long standing impact on
Brampton and its future role within the Innovation Corridor. This is great news for our
economy, for Canadian innovation and for our local community.”
– Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament for Brampton North
