From LesAffaires, there’s an interesting article (in french) on how the government wants to encourage entrepreneurship, and hopes to get yearly 25% more businesses. They also want to reach out to different organizations and corporations to boost that fund to $2.6 billion. The plan involves advertising, mass media campaigns, even a new TV show, doing [...]
92M$ investment in Ultra Electronics, supported by Québec Government
A 92 million $ investment in radio communications company Ultra Electronics was announced last week, with officials from the QC government also present at the announcement, as they will provide $14 M in the total package through its Programme d’Appui Stratégique à l’Investissement. Ultra Electronics makes radio systems, with integrated hardware and software for the [...]
Copyright in Canada: Let’s promote the emergence of new business models
There is now currently an active online campaign to fight the upcoming Bill C-32, with various artists’ organization launching Facebook petitions, creative Youtube videos, and also websites such as culture equitable. Here’s a recent Ottawa video by Biz (from rapper group Loco Locass) The material is convincing, with direct calls to the viewer to save [...]
Québec Government makes way for open source software in IT infrastructure
In what appears to be a 180 degree turn, Michelle Courchesne, Présidente du Conseil du Trésor of the government of Québec, announced that any governmental organization and any other entity depending on the government must consider open source software for any IT project, at the Salon du Logiciel Libre in Québec city “Must” is highlighted [...]
MontrealOuvert wants open data for the region of Montréal
MontrealOuvert, announced a couple of weeks ago, is a new promising initiative promoting open access to public data. In an ideal world, data produced or monitored by different municipal or government bodies in Montréal would all be made available freely to citizens and businesses. This would lead to data re-use, data mashups, new applications used [...]
