Move forward with our plan to invest in the Pan- Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, supporting artificial intelligence innovations and research in Canada; investing in the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research to attract and retain top academic talent; providing dedicated computing capacity for researchers at the national artificial intelligence institutes; and advancing the development and adoption of AI standards.

Move forward with a National Quantum Strategy that will amplify Canada’s significant strength in quantum research, and grow our quantum-ready technologies, companies, and talent.

Move forward with our plan to invest in the National Research Council’s Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre and reinforce Canada’s leadership in photonics research, testing, and prototyping done by academics and other innovative businesses.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

Establish a Canada Advanced Research Projects Agency (CARPA) as a public-private bridge for research that helps develop and maintain Canadian- led technology and capabilities in high-impact areas. Modelled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA) in the United States, which has helped pioneer the development of several iconic technologies, including GPS mapping, the agency would be established with an initial endowment of $2 billion.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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Canada’s Conservatives will invest $5 billion over the next five years to fund programs aimed at making major advances in:

• Use of hydrogen;

• Small Modular Reactors

° Including funding the work being done in Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick on nuclear energy technology and the work being done in Alberta on applying SMR technology to reduce GHG emissions in the resource sector;

• Private sector innovation in the space sector;

• Electric vehicle development and manufacturing, including electric trucks, micro-mobility, batteries, and parts manufacturers; and

• Pharmaceutical research and production.

This investment will be managed by a new Canada Advanced Research Agency headquartered in Calgary, where it will take advantage of Alberta’s highly educated workforce and help diversify the Alberta economy.

— Canada's Recovery Plan, retrieved 2021-08-18

Canada’s Conservatives will make Canada a low tax jurisdiction for innovation and new product development by introducing a “patent box” regime to cut the tax rate in half on income earned from patents on innovative products developed here.

Recognizing the importance of protecting more Canadian innovation with patents, Canada’s Conservatives will cover up to $10,000 of the administrative and legal costs of each of the first five patents filed by any Canadian small or medium-sized business.

— Canada's Recovery Plan, retrieved 2021-08-18

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● Increase direct federal funding for private and student-led business R&D

● Strengthen Canada’s venture capital (VC) ecosystem

● Implement a national Buy Clean strategy to increase government procurement of Canadian low-carbon technologies

● Provide access to federally funded IP at a discount to Canadian companies with Canadian operations

● Fully implement the House of Commons Report on IP and Technology Transfer to:

1. Require Statistics Canada to launch an annual survey on technology.

2. Collaborate with stakeholders to create a ‘toolkit’ of flexible IP licensing practices.

3. Investigate new ways to support Canadian enterprises engaging in technology transfer with post-secondary institutions.

— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

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