Smart partnerships a blueprint for prosperity

Many successful business developments in Canada have come from the collision of scientific inquiry and entrepreneurship. Creating clusters of expertise - where researchers and entrepreneurs work together to solve major challenges - is a promising area for growth, and one where there are ample possibilities right here in Ottawa. Communications is another area that is rapidly growing in importance with smaller, faster, easier-to-use devices with stronger, better and farther-ranging signals. Nearly every university in Canada now offers entrepreneurship courses. There are more than 1,500 companies located in 26 university research parks that employ 65,000 people and generate nearly $4.3 billion in GDP annually.