ITIF’s Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness Congratulates Prime Minister Mark Carney
OTTAWA—Following Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party’s victory in Canada’s pivotal election, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, released the following statement from Lawrence Zhang, head of policy at ITIF’s Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness (CCIC):
The Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness congratulates Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party on their election victory.
The 2025 Liberal platform responds to a convergence of crises: global instability, protectionism, and domestic capacity shortfalls. It calls for building a stronger, more self-reliant Canadian economy. The commitment to building domestic industrial strength, scaling high-growth firms, and securing technological leadership is the right strategic foundation.
Delivering on that foundation will require a relentless focus on outcomes. Raising business investment, scaling Canadian firms globally, accelerating R&D commercialization, and ensuring Canada’s industrial policies deliver a measurable global advantage will all be not just critical to meet the moment, but mandatory.
Canada cannot afford another cycle of announcements without capacity gains. Competitiveness must become the test for every program, regulation, and investment.
CCIC is committed to working with the new government to ensure Canada not only withstands external pressures but also emerges as a leading industrial economy in a more contested world.
Contact: Sydney Mack, [email protected]
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The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational institute focusing on the intersection of technological innovation and public policy. Recognized by its peers in the think tank community as the global center of excellence for science and technology policy, ITIF’s mission is to formulate and promote policy solutions that accelerate innovation and boost productivity to spur growth, opportunity, and progress.
