Adapting to Change: Positioning Canada as an Innovation Leader
Hon. Navdeep Bains
The global economy is in a prolonged period of low growth. Meanwhile, technology is reshaping the way Canadians access information, buy goods and services, interact with each other and build communities. It is creating an open playing field among countries, giving their citizens new-found ways to collaborate and compete globally.
Entire industries are being transformed as markets and businesses race to adapt. Meanwhile, countries around the world are responding to climate change by moving more quickly to a low-carbon future. Canada must be on the leading edge of these changes.
The way forward is to act on a bold new vision: to build Canada as a global centre for innovation — one that will create good-paying jobs for the middle class, drive growth across all industries and improve the lives of all Canadians.
Join federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains as he outlines the Government's vision. Business leaders and innovators are also invited to participate in a question-and-answer session with the Minister.
About the speaker:
The Honourable Navdeep Bains is the Member of Parliament for Mississauga–Brampton South and was appointed Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development on November 4, 2015. He has extensive parliamentary experience, having represented Mississauga–Malton from 2004 to 2011. He served as Privy Councillor and Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Martin and then as Critic for Public Works and Government Services, the Treasury Board, International Trade, Natural Resources, and Small Business and Tourism.
Minister Bains was an adjunct lecturer at the Master of Public Service program at the University of Waterloo and a distinguished visiting professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University. His private sector experience includes several years at the Ford Motor Company of Canada.
In addition to ties within the academic and business communities, he has held Director positions with social and cultural organizations within the non-profit sector. He is the recipient of a number of awards recognizing his work in promoting diversity in communities.
Minister Bains has a Bachelor of Administrative Studies from York University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Windsor. He also holds a Certified Management Accountant designation.
He is a long-time resident of Mississauga, where he lives now with his wife and two children.
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