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300 Canadian Tech CEO's (24 in BC) Sign Open Letter to Canadian Federal Political Leaders Requesting Their Plans for Sustainable Economic Growth
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Vancouver, BC, August 25, 2021--(T-Net)--Almost 300 Canadian tech and business leaders have signed an open letter to the leaders of Canada's primary federal political parties, asking them to make public their plans for sustainable economic growth.
"Over the next four weeks, we want to hear your plans to drive sustainable economic growth and ensure that Canadians reap the benefits of our innovation." stated the CEO's in an open letter.
"We want to hear how you're planning Canada's future to be prosperous, secure, equitable and sustainable, and we stand ready to be part of it." the leaders continued.
The letter was released by the Council of Canadian Innovators on August 24th, and can be read in its entirety below.
You can sign the letter if interested also here.
(The BC Tech CEO signatories have been highlighted down below the letter also).
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Justin, Erin, Jagmeet, Yves-François & Annamie,
The global pandemic is not over, but in Canada, we hope the worst of COVID-19 is behind us. Canada leads the world in vaccinations, and the post-pandemic economic recovery is already underway.
Canada needs more than a rebound, though. We need to be planning Canada's future to create and sustain economic growth for the years to come.
Now is the time to look forward. This election needs to be about concrete action that can be achieved in the next political mandate and beyond.
For far too long, Canadian invention has contributed to the economic growth of foreign interests. Canada needs to adopt Canadian-made technologies, and invest in the market-proven companies that can export our innovations to the world.
The threat of climate change is very real, and now more than ever, we must be working to position every aspect of our economy towards a low-carbon future. Moreover, the virus has exposed the fragility of our healthcare systems and only accelerated the pace of digital transformation, making us acutely aware of our cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
To be competitive in the technology-powered, data-driven global economy, we need a plan for clean economic growth, powered by Canadian-owned ideas.
As leaders of Canada's fastest-growing companies in the innovation economy, we are already working to make this happen. Over the next four weeks, we want to hear your plans to drive sustainable economic growth and ensure that Canadians reap the benefits of our innovation.
We are looking to the future, and we are building the future. We want to hear how you're planning Canada's future to be prosperous, secure, equitable and sustainable, and we stand ready to be part of it.
Signed,
Carl Hansen
AbCellera - Vancouver
Michael Owens
Absorb LMS - Calgary
Patrick Ostiguy
Accedian - Québec City
Mike Murchison
Ada - Toronto
Ash Esmaeili
Aimsio - Calgary
Mohamed Sheta
AiZtech - Toronto
Adrian Schauer
Alayacare - Montréal
Allan Benchetrit
Algolux - Montréal
Cory Janssen & Nicole Janssen
AltaML - Edmonton
Rich Emrich
Altus Assessments - Toronto
Martin Basiri
ApplyBoard - Kitchener
Jeff Simpson
Aquatic Life - Pinawa
Jay Gohill
Arcurve - Calgary
Adrian Camara
Athennian - Calgary
Dr. Miral Mehta
Atom Health - Edmonton
Todd Heintz
Attendease - Vancouver
Carol Leaman
Axonify - Waterloo
Michael Ferguson
Ayogo - Vancouver
Trent Oster
Beamdog - Edmonton
Ian Crosby
Bench Accounting - Vancouver
Liran Belenzon
BenchSci - Toronto
Susanne Cookson & Cynthia Hastings-James
BestLifeRewarded - Oakville
Eric Kryski
Bidali Inc. - Calgary
Matthew Protti
BlackSquare - Calgary
Ben Fluter
Bloom Care Solutions - Kitchener
Benjamin Alarie
Blue J Legal - Toronto
Stephen Devito
BlueCat Networks - Toronto
Devashish Paul
BluWave-ai - Ottawa
Yvan Boisjoli
Bold Commerce - Winnipeg
Omar Salaymeh
Bonfire - Waterloo
Saad Siddiqui
Bonsai - Toronto
Andrew Graham
Borrowell - Toronto
John Southcott
Brock Solutions - Kitchener
Catherine Metrycki
Callia - Winnipeg
Dr. Kumanan Wilson
CANImmunize - Ottawa
Humera Malik
Canvass Analytics - Toronto
Bob Kyryliuk
CEO-P2P Inc. - Waterloo
David Ossip
Ceridian - Toronto
Andres Assmus
CityZeen - Toronto
Greg Ogrodnick
Circle CVI - Calgary
Lauren Linton
CIX Canadian Innovation Exchange - Toronto
Phil Proctor
Clear Concepts - Winnipeg
Deepak Chopra
Clearbridge Mobile - Vaughan
Matt Rendall
Clearpath Robotics Inc. - Kitchener
Craig A. Rowe
ClearRisk Inc. - St. John's
Jack Newton
Clio - Burnaby
Robert Kaul
Cloud DX - Kitchener
Ian Rae
CloudOps - Montréal
Hasan Naqvi
CM Inc. - Markham
Alison Sunstrum
CNSRV-X - Calgary
Adam Keating
CoLab - St. John's
Greg Gunn
Commit.dev - Vancouver
Harry Zarek
Compugen - Richmond Hill
Dr. Brian Courtney
Conavi - Toronto
François-Pierre Moffet
Connect&GO - Montréal
Tom Hawkett
Connect4 Growth - Toronto
Chami Akmeemana
Convergence Tech - Markham
Ganesh Swami
Covalent - Vancouver
Louis Têtu
Coveo - Québec City
Vincent Lamanna
Crewdle - Montreal
John Scott
Crypto4A - Ottawa
Joe Cummins
CybernetIQ - Ottawa
Andrée-Lise Méthot
Cycle Capital Management - Montréal
Iain Paterson
Cycura - Toronto
Todd Burns
Cypher Environmental Ltd. - Winnipeg
John Baker
D2L - Kitchener
Adam Froman
Delvinia - Toronto
Haroon Mirza
DemandHub - Mississauga
Cherif Habib
Dialogue - Montréal
Taylor Ablitt
Diply - London
Kris Hartvigsen
Dooly - Vancouver
Jon Lipinski
Ecopia - Toronto
Marie-Pier St-Hilaire
Edgenda - Montréal
Raphaël Dubé-Demers
EHVA Inc. - Québec City
Sankar Das Gupta
Electrovaya - Mississauga
Dan Mathers
Eleven-X - Waterloo
Dr. Ryan Doherty
EMPOWER Health - Toronto
Paul Donald
Encircle - Kitchener
Trish Redekop
Endeavor Canada - Calgary
Jan Kestle
Environics Analytics - Toronto
J. Paul Haynes
eSentire - Waterloo
Germain Lamonde & Philippe Morin
EXFO - Québec City
Ivan Tsarynny
Feroot Security - Toronto
Dominique Ferst
Ferst Capital Partners - Montréal
Ellen McGregor
Fielding Environmental - Mississauga
Bernard Gonsalves
fliteX - Oshawa
Alice Reimer
Fillip - Calgary
Michael Garrity
FinanceIt - Toronto
Patrick Huynh
Fiska - Montréal
Lisa Shields
FISPAN - Vancouver
Peter Kalen
Flexiti - Toronto
Eric Beckwitt
Freightera - Vancouver
Mike McDerment & Levi Cooperman
FreshBooks - Toronto
Joseph Lee
Freshline - Vancouver
Mark Scott
Fully Managed - Ottawa
Steven Uster
FundThrough - Toronto
Prathna Ramesh
FutureSight - Toronto
Guillaume Bazinet
FX Innovation - Montréal
Karl Pringle
GenXys Health Care Systems - Vancouver
Anna Sainsbury & David Briggs
GeoComply - Vancouver
Alison Thompson
Borealis GeoPower - Calgary
Neil Cawse
Geotab - Oakville
Don Gray
Givex - Toronto
Jeff Lawrence
Granify - Edmonton
Simon De Baene
GSoft - Montréal
John Bianchini
Hatch - Mississauga
Nicolas Beique
Helcim - Calgary
Andre Bertram
HelpWear - Toronto
Steven Koles
Hifi Engineering - Calgary
Frederic Lalonde
Hopper - Montréal
Simon Bourgeois
Humi - Toronto
Francis Nadeau
HydraLab - Québec City
Mike Cook
Identos - Toronto
Khizer Hayat
IFIVEO Inc. - Windsor
Mike Gaburo
Igloo Software - Kitchener
Alexandre Le Bouthillier, PhD
Imagia - Montréal
Michael Smith
IMPACT BRIDGE - Toronto
Prasad Rao
inField Solutions - Markham
Dan McCall
Influitive - Toronto
Uzair Ahmed
instaMek - Edmonton
Chris Tam
Integrated Nanotherapeutics - Vancouver
Armen Bakirtzian
Intellijoint Surgical - Kitchener
Debbie Gamble
Interac - Toronto
Jody Glidden
Introhive - Fredericton
Alex Langlois
Investissements IfCap Inc. - Montréal
Alison Taylor & Trevor Johnson
Jane Software - Vancouver
Sam Pillar
Jobber - Edmonton
Carl Mascarenhas
JoeZoo - Toronto
Vince Cifani
Joyride - Toronto
Amol Karnick
KA Imaging - Waterloo
John Sicard
Kinaxis - Ottawa
Charles Deguire
Kinova Robotics - Boisbriand
Marc Porcelli
Kismet - Toronto
Leerom Segal
Klick Health - Toronto
Jason Smith
Klue - Vancouver
Kathryn Hogan
KMH Touches - Cambridge
Michael Tamblyn
Kobo - Toronto
Konrad Konnerth
Konnexio - London
Clinton Robinson
Lane Technologies Inc. - Toronto
Mike Serbinis
League - Toronto
Charles Boulanger
LeddarTech - Québec City
Cato Pastoll
Lending Loop - Toronto
James Keirstead
Levven - Edmonton
Howard Rosen
LifeWIRE Corp - Toronto
Dax Dasilva & JP Chauvet
Lightspeed - Montréal
Gregg Oldring
Llearner - Edmonton
Adam Belsher
Magnet Forensics - Waterloo
Hongwei Liu
MappedIn - Waterloo
David Strucke
Media Sonar Technologies Inc. - London
Laurence Poissant
Medialys - Montreal
Solon Angel
MindBridge - Ottawa
Kurtis McBride
Miovision - Kitchener
Henri Machalani
Mistplay - Montréal
Irfhan Rawji
MobSquad - Calgary
David Feller & Greg Feller
Mogo - Vancouver
Kenny Hawk
Mojio - Vancouver
Mike Andrade
Morgan Solar - Toronto
Marc Holtenhoff
Motive Health - Toronto
Matt Spoke
Moves Financial - Toronto
Tony Chahine
Myant - Toronto
Joshua Green
Mysa - St. John's
Claudio Rojas
National Angel Capital Organization - Toronto
Dan Belhassen
Neovation Learning Solutions - Winnipeg
Gregor Robertson
Nexii Building Solutions Inc. - Vancouver
Clara Angotti & Chetan Mathur
Next Pathway - Toronto
Yuvrender Gill
Nuclear Promise X - Kincardine
Jason Tham
Nulogy - Toronto
Philip Fayer
Nuvei - Montréal
Victor Anjos
100ml Inc. - Toronto
Jonathan Léveillé
Openmind Technologies - Montréal
Louis Roy
OPTEL Group - Québec City
Breanne Everett
Orpyx Medical Technologies - Calgary
Jim Hinton
Own Innovation - Kitchener
Adolfo Klassen
Paladin AI - Montréal
Tarique Al-Ansari
Paystone - London
Ami Shah
Peekapak Inc. - Toronto
Ron Glibbery
Peraso - Toronto
Patrice Gilbert
PetalMD - Québec City
Chris Loranger
Plexxis Software - Brampton
Ian L. Paterson
Plurilock - Victoria
Ken Harris
Plusgrade - Montréal
Mike Wessinger
PointClickCare - Mississauga
Rob McLean
Points - Toronto
Mark Rabin
Portable Electric Ltd. - Vancouver
Jay Singh
Precision ADM - Winnipeg
Zeeshan Hayat
Prizm Media Inc. - Vancouver
Normand Frechette
Project Clean Inc. - Hamilton
Ben Sanders
Proof - Whitehorse
Sam Jenkins
Punchcard Systems - Edmonton
Jean Le Bouthillier
Qohash - Québec City
Scott Stevenson
Rally - St. John's
Hamid Arabzadeh
Ranovus - Ottawa
Brian Lang
Real Matters - Markham
Christine Haas
Renix Inc. - London
Lloyd Segal
Repare Therapeutics - Montréal
Nikhil Rodye
R&D Capital Inc. - Toronto
Aldo Zanoni
Riva - Edmonton
Latif Nanji
Roadmunk - Kitchener
Doug Carwardine
Rockport Networks - Ottawa
David Ross
Ross Video - Ottawa
Myrna Bittner
RUNWITHIT Synthetics - Edmonton
Rhiannon Davies
Sandpiper Ventures - Halifax
Tim Bruce
Scend Solutions Inc. - St. John's
Michael Coulter
Seascape Inc. - Cochrane
Greg Wolfond
SecureKey - Toronto
Corey Gross
Sensibill - Toronto
Patrick Blanchard
Sensory Technologies - London
Jean-François Côté
Sharethrough - Montréal
Mai Mavinkurve & Wally Trenholm
Sightline Innovation - Toronto
Kevin Edwards
SkipTheDishes - Winnipeg
Mike Rossi
Smile Inc. - Kitchener
Denis King
Solace - Ottawa
Saba Mohebpour
Spocket - Vancouver
Denis Doré
Squeeze - Québec City
Abdul Rehman
SSIMWAVE Inc. - Waterloo
Dr. Allen Eaves
STEMCELL Technologies - Burnaby
Eric Boyko
Stingray Digital - Montréal
Basil Bouraropoulos
Stradigi AI - Montréal
Anna Foat
Sunlife - London
Carlo Perez
Swift Medical - Toronto
Hanif Joshaghani & Tiffany Kaminsky
Symend - Calgary
Melissa McInerney
tbk - London
Stephany Lapierre
Tealbook - Toronto
Paul Vallée
Tehama - Ottawa
Karn Manhas
Terramera - Vancouver
Derek Ting
TextNow - Waterloo
James Lochrie & Jim Gibson
Thin Air Labs - Calgary
Sachin Aggarwal
Think Research - Toronto
Craig McLellan
ThinkON - Toronto
Mike Monteith
ThoughtWire - Toronto
Jeffrey Doucet
Thrive Career Wellness - Toronto
Simon Ferragne
TrackTik - Montréal
Keith Metcalfe
Traction Guest - Burnaby
Greg Malpass
Traction On Demand - Burnaby
Debra Greig
TransforMana - Edmonton
Sebastien Gendron
TransPod - Toronto
Noah Dolgoy
Tread - Toronto
Radcliffe Dockery
Unifai Solutions Inc. - Toronto
Chris Jensen
UpNext Ventures - Pitt Meadows
Craig Clydesdale
UWB Energy - Oakville
Ilya Brotzky
VanHack - Vancouver
Aran Hamilton
Vantage - Toronto
Brendan King
Vendasta Technologies - Saskatoon
Brett Udashkin
Vendittude - Kingston
Martin Beaudoin Nadeau
Viridis Terra - Québec City
David Ciccarelli
Voices.com - London
Denis Kouroussis
Volta Energy - Toronto
Rory Olson
VOTI Detection - Montréal
Allen Lau
Wattpad - Toronto
Tiffany Linke-Boyke
We Know Training - Edmonton
Michael Katchen
Wealthsimple - Toronto
Ashwin Kutty
WeUsThem - Halifax
Jeremy Tooley
Xerris - Calgary
Paul Bellows
Yellow Pencil - Edmonton
Deepak Dutt
Zighra - Ottawa
Ali Tehrani, PhD
Zymeworks - Vancouver