Election '08: Liberals, Greens talk about IT issues

01.10.08 - 09:28 ... source : CATAAlliance

... By: Kathleen Lau - ComputerWorld Canada (30 Sep 2008) As the race towards Oct. 14 gets serious, CIPS and CATA don't see a strong voice that represents the interests of the technology sector. Canada's IT associations say the ongoing federal election campaign lacks a strong positioning statement for Canada as an innovation nation and a plan for how the country can accelerate its role as an information economy, but the Liberals and Green parties say they value the contributions of the technology sector. "And that's quite important to have that vision," said John Reid, president and CEO of Ottawa-based CATA Alliance. "Because in order to work through structural changes people want to have a sense of what the roadmap is and how the economy will look different now from five years out." Vote on Election Canada - IT counts 2008 By way of information technology, said Reid, the economy will benefit when businesses are ...» Next (HTML)