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On the Roots of the Canadian Productivity Problem
A CBC interview with Jim Balsillie gives a clear explanation of Canada's utterly unparadoxical productivity problem
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Kyle Briggs
Changes to the Canadian Entrepreneurs’ Incentive in Budget 2024
Tweaks to the margins of bad tax policy will not be enough to mitigate Budget 2024's harm to the Canadian innovation ecosystem
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Kyle Briggs
Ownership of Intellectual Property in Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions
A clear intention behind IP ownership is a prerequisite for effective tech transfer and economic benefit from commercialization of publicly funded…
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Kyle Briggs
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July 2024

Government Procurement as a Driver of Innovation
Making government procurement an effective means to carry Canadian technologies through the valley of death depends on inter-departmental communication
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Kyle Briggs
On the Creation of a Capstone Organization for Canadian Research
A capstone agency to manage research funding could be the bridge we need to turn Canadian technology into economic development
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Kyle Briggs
Reviewing Budget 2024 Science and Innovation Funding
Boosting research output and industrial patent investment without a bridge between them is unlikely to result in long-term economic growth
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Kyle Briggs

June 2024

Conflict of Interest in Academic Spinouts
Facilitating incubation of early stage, deep tech startups in their parent academic labs is an existential necessity, but comes with conflict of…
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Kyle Briggs
Crossing the Valley of Death with Mitacs
In an ecosystem that mostly fails to commercialize academic technology, Mitacs stands nearly alone as an enabler of Canadian technology…
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Kyle Briggs
An alternative to the capital gains change that incentivizes productive investment
Ending the tax deductibility of interest paid on residential real estate investment would kill many birds with one stone
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Kyle Briggs
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May 2024

Policy, Progress, and Protection
Technological security comes from being the first mover
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Kyle Briggs
An Open Response to the Second Round of SR&ED Consultation
Specific recommendations for improvements to the SR&ED program focused on incentivizing domestic commercialization of Canadian IP
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Kyle Briggs
How Lab2Market supports aspiring entrepreneurs in Canadian academia
Academic researchers all over Canada can gain valuable entrepreneurial experience in the recently-expanded Lab2Market program without committing to the…
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Kyle Briggs
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