While announcing new money for innovation funding, governments are also making moves that will make it difficult for smaller ICT firms to compete in the market.
Toronto’s push to become a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) is finding support from all levels of government, academia and private businesses.
In as much as Canadian urbanites might look forward to a "new deal" for cities with Paul Martin as prime minister, it seems the high-tech sector also expects a new deal for IT.
Delivering a federal budget is a bit like being a hockey goalie: you might turn in a stellar performance and rack up a shutout, but you're still going to get whacked all over with a puck about 30 or 40 times in the process.
About a month ago, during a government simulcast Federal Ministers Allan Rock and Jane Stewart launched a laudable, if nebulous, government initiative on Canada