Canada remains strong in research output

While Canada is a highly innovative country, with a robust research base and thriving communities of technology start-ups, significant barriers — such as a lack of managerial skills, the experience needed to scale-up companies, and foreign acquisition of high-tech firms — often prevent the translation of innovation into wealth creation. [...] The result is a deficit of technology companies growing to scale in Canada, and a loss of associated economic and social benefits. [...] Canadian research is comparatively less specialized and less esteemed in the core fields of the natural sciences and engineering. [...] In fact, Canada is a highly innovative nation, but significant barriers prevent the translation of our innovations into significant and sustainable wealth creation.” -Max Blouw, PhD, Chair of the Expert Panel “This report tells a familiar story ― Canada has much to be proud of, with world-class researchers in many domains of knowledge, but the rest of the world is not standing still and Canada wil. [...] The CCA was founded by three independent organizations that represent some of the finest minds in Canada - the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.