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ideas for Canada's economic future

[what]

1. ] articulating a vision for Canadas economic future,  

[why]

1. ] lets go beyond being the hewers of wood and drawers of water that we are so well known for.

[example]

1. ] green economy
1. ] a look at what exactly a green economy means, and what you and I should/could be doing to help get us there. 
2. ] RRR recycling composting
1. ] Canadians generate more waste per capita than any other nation on earth. Not something to be particularily proud of.  
3. ] eneRgy-Renewables -  > wind/solar/water/geo
1. ] renewable energy overview - a big picture look at the state of renewable energy production markets globally. How does Canada compare to what other other countries are doing in these industries today. What is our potential for advancement going forward. 
4. ] technology
1. ] bb still Canadas largest tech company(2013), it is even larger then the almost monopolistic TV/Internet provding cable giants of Rogers, Shaw, Bell and Telus, yet globally Blackberry is still a fairly tiny 'player' in the big picture tech world and shrinking, It is dwarfed in size/revenue/... by silicon valley 'startup' companies that you may have heard of like Uber and many,many more that you have never heard of, and many, many more still to come. POINT - canadas tech sector is tiny on the global playing field
2. ] we have top schools like uwaterloo/utoronto but our a lot of our tech talent heads south - we provide canadians with a subsidized top ranked tech ecducation and they head south due to a lack of opportunity, uncompetitive salaries, POINT - we can develop top tier talent for our tech sector, but we are not keeping it here 
3. ] startup scene -  we have one, thats good, its growing, its improving, its had some successes, but it also has many shortcomings, 
4. ] We need places like techshop and ycombinator, 
5. ] We need investors/an investment climate/ - 
5. ] education
1. ] there should never be a barrier to education, 
2. ] how about a national, open source, online, accredited university, 
3. ] OBVIOUSLY there are fields that you wouldn't be able to fully complete, and issues that would have to be addressed, but even for those courses where you couldnt offer/complete online fully, you could make many of the prerequisite courses available,
4. ] in the grand scheme of things it would cost literally pennies to provide such opportunities, yet we remain stuck with the idea that the only way to create a "legitimate" educations is in traditional brick and mortar institution, with 
5. ] we need employers to recognize the degrees, 
6. ] jobs -> skills -> training 
7. ] edu tech 101 
6. ] healthcare
1. ] health tech 101 
7. ] government
1. ] first nation V one nation - 
2. ] housing - 
3. ] open gov -  
4. ] e-vote - 
5. ] UBI - 
8. ] farming - organics, factories
1. ] industrial farming of animals and plants has led to ... cheaper, low/lower quality, ethically/morally questionable products , 
9. ] fish
1. ]
10. ] > tourism
1. ]
11. ] infrastructure
1. ] roads, ] bridges, ] sewers, ] subways, ] schools, ] hospitals, ] courts, prisons, police 
12. *] real-estate
1. ] 
13. ] ??? - 
1. ] MJ -  
2. ] 

[reference]

1. ] # 5006 - CREATE-article-canadian-vision - ideas for Canadas economy  

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ID: 5117

NAME: ECONOMY-diversification-ideas-for-canadas-future

DESCRIPTION: ] by Don Sagrott, founder@sospep.com - ] a collection of ideas that we could use to diversify Canada's economy

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