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John Arnold -
May 14, 2013 |
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Ravikanth Rai -
March 28, 2013 |
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Luc Chartrand -
January 11, 2013 |
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Saam Bandari -
January 7, 2013 |
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Jatinbhai Patel -
December 18, 2012 |
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Sasha Tregebov -
October 30, 2012 |
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Ed Moriarity -
October 24, 2012 |
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Andre Beltempo -
October 23, 2012 |
Interesting topic. The reduction in competitiveness is a 'soft' number, since a lot of the data presented is based on anecdote and polls; however, there is definitely a feeling on the ground that Canadians are less entrepreneurial and willing to take risks than our American counterparts. I wonder if a more prescient analysis would try to determine the particularities of Canada's position next to the US, with a view to determining whether this proximity explains our reduced competitiveness. As an aside, it would also be very interesting to see links between educational attainment and salary in Canada and the US. This was touched on briefly in the report, where they indicated that productivity based compensation is lacking in Canada. I wonder if we have too much 'credentialisation' and not enough actual focus on generating value.
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Supriya Devgan -
October 17, 2012 |
| Very insightful.It is not hard to see why Canada's ranking is the way it is as compared to the countries on top of the list. Technological advancement and investment in higher education seems to be the key. |
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Cullen Hamill -
October 11, 2012 |
| Good insight in this report. I particularly agree that Canada needs more focus on upgrading technology and university-industry collaboration |
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Lincoln Chow -
October 10, 2012 |
| What Canada needs is improved universities and colleges. |
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Rick Kosierb -
October 10, 2012 |
| I thought the Briefing was good. It provided a status of how Canada faired within the Global Competitiveness Report of 2012-13. However, due to the title and some of the comments made within the Briefing, I found it lack perspective information. Primarily, the Briefing did not provide information on how many Canadian business executives were asked to respond to the survey and how the ratio of those that did respond to those were asked compared to the same ratio from other countries. This information could influence/bias the ratings. Further, I found the Briefing presented Canada’s ratings towards the elements and categories; however it didn’t provide this information in perspective with the other countries. For example, bullet 5 fact on Canada’s transportation infrastructure dropped two places in 2012. Was this decrease due to another country improving their transportation system this past year? Was it that the countries ahead of Canada eased their transportation laws? Indicating that Canada dropped a number places within various ratings and then making statements such as “The key is to pursue new opportunities and new markets ….”, leaves the reader asking many questions based on: why. There is no text to why Canada dropped compared to the other 13 countries ahead of us. I agree Canada needs to become more competitive in its pursuit of innovation. However, this Briefing missed the opportunity to strengthen the ideas discussed with the Coalition for Action on Innovation plan and drive the message “of building a vibrant Canadian innovation ecosystem”. |
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Paul Larose (use 69662) -
October 10, 2012 |
| Lucid, thought provoking research. Provides the basis for dialogue on the opportunities to promote innovation in Canada's markets. |
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Carl Grenier -
October 9, 2012 |
| A very thorough review of our GCI ranking which has been declining of late. I cannot but get the feeling that our lack of innovation and business performance is linked to our increasing reliance on resource extraction (tar sands, Plan Nord in Québec, etc). I am not a little dismayed by this apparent reversal, as I well remember the focus of the Canadian approach to the GATT multilateral trade negotiations back in the '70s ( I was a member of the Canadian trade delegation to the Tokyo Round)and that focus was designed to allow us to further refine and transform our rocks and logs before shipping them abroad. We seem to have lost our focus, perhaps blinded by the appetite of emerging countries for raw materials. Pity. |
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Anne Francis -
October 9, 2012 |
| Very interesting. Hard to believe we ranked so poorly on government budgets. |
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Tomasz Cybruk -
October 9, 2012 |
Very informative. As usual, CBoC delivers a product of great quality and value. Hopefully, some serious action will stem from this latest proof that Canadian productivity needs intervention.
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Norm Mohamid -
October 9, 2012 |
| Canada ranks 66th in regulation burden - isn't a threat to public health because of deregulation and attendant costs to business(meat supply chain twice in the last 4 years)an issue to business? Need more analysis on costs of education and the politically problematic reliance on importing skills. Need more detail on why infastructure rating has dropped. |
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Scott Pittendrigh -
October 9, 2012 |
| Very informative. |
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Jaimit Jani -
October 9, 2012 |
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Saeid Roushan -
October 3, 2012 |
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Joel Wiens -
September 28, 2012 |
| Seems like the government needs to ease it's suffocating grip on the economy |
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Cynthia MacFarlane -
September 28, 2012 |
| Thorough analysis with good detail on the specific findings, particularly where Canada is lacking. Provides some specifics on what steps Canada could take to tackle the issues - would like to see more detailed suggestions. |
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Jeff Timmons -
September 28, 2012 |
| Thoroughly researched and packed with data to help defend the stance as to why Canada’s competitiveness is declining. Was happy to see the author cite his findings to back up his claims. Highly recommended. |
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