CEO Perspectives
‘Canada must become an innovation leader’ (Tom Jenkins, OpenText)
As published in The Globe and Mail, November 22, 2011
Everybody knows Thomas Edison invented the light bulb – it’s in the history books and ingrained in the popular psyche.
But what most don’t know is that in 1874, a medical student in Toronto named Henry Woodward and a local hotel keeper
Paul Lucas of GlaxoSmithKline announces innovation fund
From a speech by Paul Lucas, President and Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline Inc.:
Today, GlaxoSmithKline is taking a major step towards addressing the innovation challenge. We are establishing the GSK Canada Life Sciences Innovation Fund.
This Fund will provide $50 million to significantly advance the commercialization of scientific innovation in Canada by investing in… Read more »
Preserving the things that matter in a world of constrained resources (Ed Clark, TD Bank Group)
Canada survived the financial crisis relatively well, but we are now at a defining moment in our nation’s economic history, says Ed Clark, President and Chief Executive Officer of TD Bank Group.
Mr. Clark said that Canada, like other Western countries, faces a crisis created by slow growth and an aging population. As a result,… Read more »
Shell’s Lorraine Mitchelmore: ‘This should be a time of great opportunity for Canada’
From a speech by Lorraine Mitchelmore, President and Country Chair of Shell Canada, to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Calgary:
“This should be a time of great opportunity for Canada, but it’s not, or at least not yet. We need to diversify our customer base for energy products and create access to the global… Read more »
Suncor’s Rick George on Canada’s energy future
Since 1990, Canada's oil sands industry has harnessed technology to reduce by more than 30 per cent the amount of carbon emitted for each barrel of oil produced, says Rick George, President and Chief Executive Officer of Suncor Energy.
"We’ve still got a way to go, but major progress has been made," Mr. George said… Read more »
Desjardins’ Monique Leroux explains why education matters to Canadian businesses
Canadian companies need to do more to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship, says Monique Leroux, President and Chief Executive Officer of Desjardins Group.
"We can do this by better tapping the brain power of our great universities – by forging stronger links between academia and the business community and by improving commercialization and financing of research… Read more »
‘China’s growth is an opportunity for Canada’ – Donald Guloien, President and CEO, Manulife
As published in The Globe and Mail, April 30, 2011
"Canadians recognize China as an emerging economic superpower. But they may not know how favourably the Chinese view us. Norman Bethune, 72 years after his death, is still revered by young and old. The Chinese appreciate the important role that Chinese Canadians play in… Read more »