Canada needs to boost its clean technology sector
The Globe and Mail CONTENT FROM GLOBE CONTENT STUDIO Published February 22, 2021 SUPPLIED Clean technology is a trillion-dollar global industry, but can Canada compete? “Canadians have long been great innovators,” says Kevin Nilsen, President and CEO of ECO Canada, which is based in Calgary. He points to the two Canadians who patented a design for a light bulb, Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans. But two years later, American Thomas Edison bought the patent and has since been credited with the invention. Story continues below advertisement “We haven’t always been the best at suppo...