FELSTED: A government chasing elusive dreams and ideology instead of paying attention to its responsibilities drives me to distraction
NATIONAL POST: The centrepiece of Canada’s innovation strategy is the $950-million “supercluster” initiative. The goal, according to the federal government, is for companies of all sizes, academia and the non-profit sector to collaborate on new technologies, to spur economic growth and create jobs. There are doubts about if the artificial intelligence supercluster will work and who it will serve. “I don’t know how it’s going to work. But I think the mission that Minister (Navdeep) Bains has given us is to make Canada more competitive in the innovation sector,” the chief executive of Optel Group said in an interview at the end of November. “I don’t have the answer, and I’m stressed about that, but I’m OK to jump in and try. The federal government is ready too, having finalized an agreement in December to give Scale AI $230 million of the $950 million earmarked for its supercluster program.” CLICK HERE to read the full story : A governme...