Province's innovation engine needs strategic investments to capture benefits

From: Research Money | Date: April 16, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

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Alberta Budget

Frustration within Alberta's S & T community is spreading as the province continues to hold back on making the strategic decisions and investments considered essential to its long-term future as a knowledge-based economy. For the third year running, the oil revenue-heavy provincial Budget was largely devoid of investments designed to capitalize on the world class research emanating from the province's universities and institutes. Nor were there any taxation measures to entice local capital into high-tech or attract more venture capital to the region long ...

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