Canada Needs to Improve its Innovation Performance and Productivity, Stat

May 18, 2026

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In this opinion piece, journalist David Crane examines Canada’s weak productivity and innovation performance and its implications for living standards and future economic growth. He draws on remarks by Anil Arora at the second lecture of the Canadian Standard of Living Productivity and Innovation Lecture Series, where Arora stresses the need for greater investment in innovation, research and development, industrial capacity, and the growth of Canadian firms to create well-paying jobs, ensuring that is the route to higher productivity and improved living standards.

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