Canada should follow Obama's stimulus lead: CATA

12.01.09 - 21:55 ... source : CATAAlliance

... By: Dave Webb - Computerworld Canada (09 Jan 2009) A Canadian IT lobby group has been pushing the "Innovation Nation" agenda for several years, but it's the U.S. president-elect -- not Canadian leaders -- that is responding. Why we need a stimulus package U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's proposed stimulus package for the American economy demonstrates the kind of leadership Canada needs to be an economic leader in the 21st Century, according to the president of a Canadian IT industry lobby group. Obama laid out his economic stimulus package on Thursday, with broadband rollout, an Internet-based smart energy grid and computers for schools as part of the plan. Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance president John Reid said the Obama plan is very much in tune with what CATA has been proposing as a Canadian response to the economic crisis. CATA will soon release a position paper called An Economy That Works for commen ...» Next (HTML)