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title: "Canada Is Right to Focus on Applied Research"
summary: |-
  The Canadian government made the right decision in choosing to refocus its National Research Council on industrially-relevant research.
date: "2013-05-11"
issues: ["Science and R&D"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2013/05/11/canada-right-focus-applied-research/"
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# Canada Is Right to Focus on Applied Research

In an op-ed for the Ottawa Citizen, Rob Atkinson argues the Canadian government made the right decision in choosing to refocus its National Research Council on industrially-relevant research and the United States should follow the lead of our neighbor to the north

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2013/05/11/canada-right-focus-applied-research/*