Towards an Inclusive Innovative Canada

It calls for the report to be the beginning of a conversation on innovation, as the authors of the report recognize that no one has a monopoly on the ideas and information needed to make the country more innovative. [...] The most widespread and accepted definition of innovation, which has been adopted by the 34 countries of the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD), is based on the Oslo Manual1 and defines innovation as follows: “An innovation is the implementation of a new or significantly improved product (good or service), or process, a new marketing method, or a new organizational method in business pra [...] The first, from 10,000 years ago (8000 BC), shows a simple tool in the middle of the display case that illustrates the essence of innovation, the “combining” of separate things in a new way, to create something new of value – in this case the combining of 1) a stick with 2) a sharp rock bound by 3) animal hide, to form a new tool – an axe. [...] The issue of what innovation activity to measure can be deconstructed into two major components, similar to the approach taken by the Global Innovation Index measuring: 1. Innovation Inputs 2. Innovation Outputs However, of the two categories of measures, I would argue that the measurement and performance of innovation outputs is the most important. [...] A Focus on Innovation Outputs Building on the platform of the new federal government, its 2016 budget and the policy statements and commitments of the prime minister and ministers, I would suggest the following innovation outputs are relevant as targets for a redesigned innovation ecosystem: 1. The creation or maintenance of middle-class jobs 2. Equitable access to those middle-class jobs (inclusi