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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