Navdeep Bains & Others Flinging About Buckets of Money: The August 3rd, 2020 Age of Ingenuity

Everyone loves Navdeep Bains, Canada’s innovation minister, especially the innovation community which hungers for those countless semi-trailers full of cash he’s been giving out recently. 

We're going to look at that and we're also going to remember the time when we could ask government ministers hard questions and have a reasonable expectation of receiving an honest answer even for the difficult issues.

Sources cited during this episode include the following:

• The July 27th, 2020 Betakit podcast “Black Swan 16: Minister Bains Explains the Fed’s Covid-19 Response.”

• The May 7th, 2017 Macleans post, "Q&A: Navdeep Bains on Selling 'Superclusters'." Photo c/o Adrian Wyld/CP. 

• The July 17th, 2020 update to the Federal government page on the "Canada Emergency Wage Subsidiary (CEWS)." Uploaded on August 3rd, 2020.

• The April 22nd, 2020 update to the National Research Council (NRC) Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Innovation Assistance Program (IAP). Uploaded on August 3rd.

• The August 14th, 2020 Federal Government September 4th, 2018 update to the "Innovation Supercluster Initiative." Uploaded on August 3rd, 2020.

• The July 8th, 2020 CTV News post, “'The challenge of our lifetime': Federal deficit to hit $343 billion this year.”

• The April 29th, 2016 Media Events post, "Navdeep Bains - Innovation Agenda - Empire Club."

• The June 27th, 2018 Canadian Press post, "Navdeep Bains acclaimed as Liberal candidate in 2019 federal campaign kickoff." Photo c/o CP/Chris Young.

• The July 30th, 2020 National Angel Capital Association (NACO) Roundtable series conference call "Mobilizing Capital in the New Economy."

• The May 17th, 2018 Neil Squire post, "Government of Canada funds digital technologies to improve accessibility for Canadians with disabilities."

• The March 7th, 2019 Commercial Space blog post, "Minister Bains Releases "Canada's New (Sorta) Space Strategy," But No Details or Funding Breakdowns."

• The July 6th, 2015 Policy Options post, "Innovating a Canadian Innovation Ecosystem."

• The May 4th, 2018 Open Media post, "We’re meeting with Minister Bains and want to take your voices with us — what should we tell him?"

• The February 5th, 2020 Betakit post, "Narwhal List 2020 Tracks a Year of Massive Raises, 42 Potential Unicorns."

• The April 7th, 2020 Forbes post, "New Data Shows U.S. Companies Are Definitely Leaving China."
• The June 22nd, 2020 Marketwatch post, "Opinion: Trump wants jobs coming back to the U.S. from China — but companies and consumers might disagree."

• The August 3rd, 2020 Newsweek post, "House to Investigate DHS Activities in Portland Protests."

• The June 28th, 2010 You-Tube post, "Unmarked vans snatch and grab at G20 Toronto." 

• The May 6th, 2020 World Ecomomic Forum post, “Here's how global supply chains will change after COVID-19.”

• The March 28th, 2020 Investopedia Post, “Understanding the Effects of Fiscal Deficits on the Economy.”

• The  Q2 2020 MoneyTree Report. Retrieved August 1st, 2020. 

• The July 31st, 2020 Betakit post, “VC Deal Volume Sees Slump in First Half of 2020, amid COVID-19 CVCA finds.”

• The 2019 Canadian Venture Capital Report from the Financing.ca website. Retrieved July 31st, 2020.

• The March 27th, 2020 Business Day post, "Panic, pandemics and the theory of Learned Helplessness."

• The July 31st, 2020 Bookings Institute post, "The United States, China, and the contest for the Fourth Industrial Revolution." 

• The July 30th, 2020 Timcast video post, "Two Thirds Of Voters Expect Far Left Violence If Trump Wins, Democrats ALREADY Reject Results."

• The June 27th, 2013 Aljazeera post, "A silent anniversary in Uruguay?"

"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.

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Host and Contributor - Brian Orlotti

Host and Contributor - Al Calder

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