Ways to foster innovation in Canada:

1.  Protect the institutions of democracy and the rule of law that allow innovation to flourish.  Permitting the fed. gov't to be captured by the oil industry for a decade  killed innovation in Canada: research institutions were closed or defunded, scientists were gagged and intimidated; the over-valued petro-Looney killed manufacturers.

Electoral reform to strengthen democracy by getting rid of FPP to prevent a repeat of that disaster should be the top priority of any government interested in promoting innovation.

2.  Get rid of tax incentives and subsidies that make it more attractive to dig things out of the ground than to engage in innovation, e.g., put a big price on carbon.

3.  Make our cities places where creative people want to live - that means dealing with decaying infrastructure built in the 50's and 60's, and it means building effective public transit like they have in Europe.

4.  Provide a more rounded basic education to everyone.