David Crane

David Crane is a noted commentator on Canadian innovation issues. He was previously a business and economics writer with the Toronto Star.

Articles by David Crane

It’s time for Canada to focus on the scale-up challenge

We need more information on why scaling up is so hard in Canada.

Government’s Scale-Up Platform leaves much to be desired

The Scale-Up Platform certainly is ambitious - this is the Trudeau government’s investment of $52.4 million in three Ontario tech hubs to grow 30...

Canada can court Big Tech while creating homegrown success stories

The Trudeau government appears to be downplaying the huge and growing market power of Big Tech while paying too little attention to Canada’s own...

It’s time for Canada to become more Canada-focused

In looking to build Canada’s future in the knowledge-based digital economy — a world of artificial intelligence, robotics, and 5G — the Trudeau government...

It’s not too late to build a Canadian advantage in technology

Once again, Canada seems to see its future as a branch-plant economy. This time it is in the digital world, where we are turning...

What’s ahead for Sidewalk Labs development in 2019?

OPINION It is now possible that the Sidewalk Labs - Waterfront Toronto partnership intended to play a key role in the development of more than...

The AV challenge facing Canadian vehicle companies

The closing of the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa is a further sign of decline in Canada’s automotive industry. But as the automotive industry...

A Canadian solution to the challenge of building livable cities that work

The big challenge in the ongoing digital revolution is to create a Canadian advantage – how do we use our talent and research to...

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