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

Sidewalk Labs: Smart cities and opportunities we shouldn’t miss

One of the world’s greatest IT opportunities is staring us in the face. But will Canadian talent and Canadian technology be there to win...

A Canadian digital fix: Bold ideas required

Government strategy to grow ICT has to do more than just create new startups.

Thinking scale and long term growth with the Canadian Business Growth Fund

If you are a small to midsize tech company, it’s time to think big. And here to help you is the newly-created Canadian Business...

Manufacturers risk going out of business for failing to adopt technology

In promoting Canada’s tech sector, governments spend a great deal of innovation money and effort boosting the suppliers of new technologies, with a big...

Scaling skills holding back start-ups

OPINION BlackBerry founder Mike Lazaridis is passionate about building up Canadian tech companies, which is why in September 2015  he gave Wilfrid Laurier University’s business...

Innovation momentum can help shore up jobs lost to automation

OPINION The new tech revolution promises to bring potentially big gains in productivity and prosperity. Driverless vehicles, blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics, the...

Budget 2018: IRAP growing bigger, but will it be better?

OPINION For finance ministers, the annual budget is the big chance to play Santa Claus, and Finance Minister Bill Morneau was no different in Budget...

Is Canada selling out its AI future?

Are we simply creating talent to develop intellectual property to be exploited elsewhere and launching startup companies as seed corn for Big Tech?

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