Industry Minister Christian Paradis put a timeline on the “Penske File” yesterday, promising to deliver a Canadian digital economy strategy by the end of the year.
Paradis Promises Digital Economy Strategy By Year End
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I don’t exactly know why government is treating the digital economy as such a low priority, considering we’re about to go through quite the manufacturing overhaul in the next 5 years due to new tech. Check my latest blog post on this:
Digital Is The New Oil: http://jkoblovsky.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/digital-is-the-new-oil/
One still has to distinguish between no priority and no clue. The Harper government maintains a strong belief in top-down governance models. That doesn’t work in a highly fluid digital environment.