Ottawa-based industry organization the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) has released the full set of video interviews conducted with the winners of its 33rd Annual Innovation and Leadership Awards. The interviews, which include
Published on: July 30th, 2018 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca
The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) has released a video of ITBusiness.ca editor - and, perhaps more importantly, MNP Award for Excellence in Science and Technology Reporting winner - Eric Emin Wood discussing
Published on: July 24th, 2018 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca
Canada's federal government has famously pursued a tech-friendly "innovation agenda" that thus far has included funding for five tech-based "superclusters" and a contest encouraging cities across the country to digitally transform themselves -
Published on: June 14th, 2018 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca
The federal government's 2018 budget takes some admirable steps toward securing Canada from cyber criminals, but is otherwise a fiscally irresponsible, red-tape happy document that will stifle, rather than encourage, growth in the
Published on: March 2nd, 2018 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca
By his own admission, Bruce Croxon finds predictions difficult. "Things are changing so fast," the Round 13 Capital managing martner and former Dragons’ Den investor says when discussing his five predictions for what
Published on: January 26th, 2018 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
A new directory launched this month will help pave the way for businesses across Canada to participate more easily in one of the country's fastest-growing industries. Developed by ITBusiness.ca parent company ITWC, industry
Published on: December 12th, 2017 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
Despite the outsize reputation of companies such as BlackBerry Ltd. and Shopify Inc., the majority of Canada's technology sector consists of startups and small and medium-sized enterprises, with a few large companies thrown
Published on: November 1st, 2017 IT Business Staff @itbusinessca
The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) thinks Canada's federal government needs to seriously reconsider its economic agenda, and isn't afraid to say so. On Thursday the organization, which lobbies Canada's governments to enact
Published on: September 29th, 2017 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca
A series of proposed changes to Canada’s tax system aimed at closing loopholes frequently exploited by the richest Canadians would end up penalizing the small- and medium-sized business (SMB) owners and entrepreneurs who
Published on: August 30th, 2017 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
That didn't take long. Less than a week after the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) officially released a report breaking down how the federal government - both Liberal and Conservative - reduced innovation
Published on: July 31st, 2017 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
For years, Russ Roberts has argued that despite its much-vaunted "innovation agenda," Canada's federal government has functionally reduced innovation spending by billions of dollars by reducing Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax
Published on: July 27th, 2017 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
One of Canada's leading tech industry associations is branching out - figuratively and financially - in its efforts to support the country's innovation economy. This week the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA), an
Published on: July 14th, 2017 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
