Tako Van Popta at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On May 25th, 2020. See this statement in context.

May 25th, 2020 / 3:20 p.m.

Conservative

Tako Van Popta Conservative Langley—Aldergrove, BC

Thank you, Madam Chair.

My first question will be for Mr. Balsillie. Thank you for being here.

You made the point, Mr. Balsillie, that Canada's productivity measures have been lagging for the last 25 years compared with some of our trading partners, but you said, and I hope I'm quoting you correctly, “Crises always clarify priorities.”

I like that optimism, but given this historic lag of productivity, is it realistic to think that Canada, in a post-COVID relaunch of its economy, can actually be competitive in the innovative space?

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