The federal government’s Friday morning announcement of $250 million for the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) program is about retaining top tier talent in Canada, says Minister of Industry Navdeep Bains. “This is about retaining top tier talent in Canada because they’re going to be critical for economic recovery.”   In an interview with BetaKit on Friday afternoon, Bains highlighted that the idea behind adding capital to the existing federal program is to keep that talent in Canada. “[This program] focuses on the core objective, which is about protecting Canada’s highly skilled innovators,” he said. “This is about retaining … Continue reading Minister Bains says retaining top tier tech talent critical to Canada’s economic recovery