FinTech leaders say “devil is in the details” with #Budget2024 open banking promises
Questions still remain on how open banking will work and when it will launch.
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Capital gains tax changes strike a nerve with Canadian tech ecosystem
Over 750 leaders have already signed an open letter calling on feds to reverse course.
What’s in #Budget2024 for Canadian tech?
All eyes in Canadian tech are on AI, open banking, cleantech, and… taxes?
As FinTech sector anticipates open banking in Budget 2024, Payments Canada reveals no Real-Time Rail until at least 2026
Payments Canada did not share when it hopes to officially launch the RTR payment system.
Business leaders urge feds to require public pension funds to invest at home
Feds’ proposal to encourage more domestic investment risks compromising funds’ mandates, detractors say.
CleanBC program investigation prompts fear of provincial startup fallout from cleantech and grant experts
“The first people that lose out are the companies [that] the program was set up for.”
Gerri Sinclair steps down as BC’s innovation commissioner
Outgoing commissioner to take innovation role at Vancouver International Airport.
Government software provider Clariti Cloud secures $24.6 million CAD from Vistara Growth
Clariti’s co-CEO is seeing increased demand for digital government services.
IPON invests $4.6 million to build IP capacity at post-secondary institutions
IPON has made $6.6 million in investments in the last year.
Federal government commits $2.4 billion to AI compute, startups, and safety through Budget 2024
Liberals aim to help “maintain Canada’s competitive edge” in AI with new spending.
“The stakes are high”: CCI report calls on feds, provinces to revamp approach to buying from Canadian tech companies
CCI argues public procurement improvements could help correct Canada’s “historic innovation underperformance.”
Feds, Québec commit $16 million to create an AI computing cluster at Université Laval
The funding follows recent calls to increase Canada’s AI computing power.
Ontario Budget 2024 tops up existing funds and innovation centres, allocates funding to healthtech procurement
Province hints that the OSC is developing new rules to support angel investors.
Initiatives from R-LABS, OCI call for a tech-first approach to solving Canada’s housing challenges
Ontario orgs commit to funding proptech, construction tech startups and projects.
Québec to invest nearly $42 million in new AgTech innovation centre
The centre will include laboratories, technological workshops, and a greenhouse complex.