Mark Lowey

New advanced research agency high on federal innovation minister’s lengthy to do list

Mark Lowey
January 12, 2022

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is facing a very busy year, with a mandate letter from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that includes more than 30 assigned tasks. They include establishing a new advanced research projects agency, launching a Canadian critical minerals strategy and a national quantum strategy and creating a global centre of excellence for eliminating methane gas emissions.

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Organizations: Alberta government, Business Council of Canada, Canadian Critical Minerals & Materials Alliance, City of Calgary, Clean Resource Innovation Network, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Council of Canadian Innovators, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of National Defence, Global Advantage Consulting Group, Government of Canada, Innovation, Innovation Science and Industry, Institute for Quantum Computing, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, Mining Association of Canada, National Research Council, Natural Resources Canada, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada, Public Policy Forum, Quantum Alberta, Science and Economic Development Canada, Scotiabank, University of Calgary, and University of Waterloo
People: Benjamin Bergen, Brendan Marshall, Dr. (PhD) Barry Sanders, Dr. (PhD) Camille Boulet, François-Philippe Champagne, Ian London, Jerry DeMarco, Jonathan Wilkinson, Justin Trudeau, Robert Asselin, Sean Speer, Siobhan Stables, and Soheil Asgarpour
Topics: blueprint for CARPA, breakthrough innovation, Canadian Advanced Research Projects Agency, Critical Battery Minerals Centre of Excellence, critical minerals stratergy, Emissions Reduction Fund Onshore Program, global centre of excellence for methane emissions, Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program, mining industry, National Quantum Strategy, oil and gas innovation ecosystem, Prime Minister's mandate letter to innovation minister, Quantum City initiative, quantum R&D, and reducing oil and gas industry's methane emissions

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