Feds on right path with Innovation ecosystem consultations
Hi. I’m from Ottawa and I’m here to help. As jokes go, it is a tired one, and usually followed by a sarcastic guffaw among friends at the start of any meeting involving the...
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Trade Carney to Team UK? Not on your life!
News report: Carney approached for top Bank of England job Since he once played goal for the Harvard hockey team, it seems appropriate to use a hockey analogy: there’s no way we should trade...
VC gets huge win from EcoSynthetix IPO
Delightful news in a tough market. EcoSynthetix, a Canadian clean tech / nano play, has successfully raised $100 million for its initial public offering. As I think back, I can’t recall too many triple...
Canada's housing punch bowl still serving, 12 months later
I was glad to see the Globe’s Boyd Erman join me yesterday in the campaign to deal with Canada’s never-ending mortgage party. Twelve months ago, I described the pending financial hardship that would befall...
Feds to tackle Section 116 in Budget
Today’s Throne Speech contained a passage that will excite our friends John Ruffolo, of Deloitte, Stephen Hurwitz, of law firm Choate in Boston and Yaletown’s Steve Hnatiuk (Chair of the CVCA Tax Policy Committee)....
Ontario Government as V.C.? part 2
I have this image of well-meaning people sitting at some big boardroom table at the Ontario Department of Finance. The topic is: how do we restart the venture capital engine in this Province? Someone...
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