BlackRock, Fruit Farmers and Federal Contact Trackers: The June 22nd Episode of the Age of Ingenuity

Welcome to the June 22nd, 2020 episode of the Age of Ingenuity.

The world’s largest and perhaps most influential financial institution has sunk its carnivorous teeth into our current Federal government and will have a great deal of influence on Canadian innovation going forward.

Sources cited during this episode include the following:

• The December 6th, 2019  National Post article, "Who will be the next Bank of Canada governor? Here are six candidates."

• The undated NY NY based BlackRock Investments web page titled, "What We Do in Canada."

• The currently archived March 22nd, 2017 Government of Canada website outlining "Canada’s Innovation and Skills Plan,” part of Budget 2017.

• The August 27th, 2018 BlackRock Transparency Project post, "New Evidence shows BlackRock’s role in Canada Infrastructure Bank may have also included advising on key personnel."

• The Government of Canada April 3rd, 2020 web page on Canada's Infrastructure Bank.

• The January 30th, 2020 Toronto Star post, "With sustainable finance, BlackRock hands Morneau the key to his budget conundrum, but will he take it?"

• The September 27th, 2018 American Prospect post, "How BlackRock Rules the World."

• The July 29th, 2019 Haaratz post, "BlackRock Funds Raise Israeli Ire."

• The April 8th, 2020 Counterpunch post, "BlackRock Takes Command."

• The March 25, 2020 Bloomberg post, "Why BlackRock Has a Role in the Fed Bond-Buying Spree."

• The June 18th, 2020 Corporate Knights post, "Pandemic sprouts buy local movement online."

• The June 11th, 2020 Canadian Manufacturing post, "Research reveals new ability to expand Ontario’s $2.2B fruit & vegetable sector."

• The Future Farming website.

• The United Nations website promoting "Sustainable Gastronomy Day."

• The June 18th, 2020 Betakit post, "Federal Government Launching National Contact Tracing App in Collaboration with Shopify, Blackberry."

• The March 28th, 2016 Howard Forums post, "How Your Cell Phone is Also a Tracking Device."

• The June 14th, 2020 Wall Street Journal post, "Political Groups Track Protesters’ Cellphone Data."

"Age of Ingenuity" tracks Canada's "innovation ecosystem," the organizations, agencies and individuals attempting to turn innovative Canadian start-ups into world class, billion dollar "unicorns," able to anchor industries and create jobs.

Age of Ingenuity Credits

Producer and Host - Chuck Black

Host and Contributor - Brian Orlotti

Host and Contributor - Al Calder

Associate Producer and Contributor - John Penturn

Music: Freesound House Flow by Jaturo licenced under a Creative Commons 0 Licence.

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