Countdown to delivery

What are the common threads between these points?

  • 700 MHz spectrum policy
  • Copyright reform
  • R&D tax incentives
  • University research funding
  • Rural broadband
  • Digital TV transition
  • Job training and retraining
  • Delivery of government services online
  • Computers and broadband for low income Canadians
  • CBC Music and Radio 3
  • Canadian content and New Media development
  • Bell / Astral
  • Crowdfunding

All of these items are topics that have led to a blog post or Twitter tweet in the past few weeks and all should have been discussed in a national digital strategy. There is no overall strategy to guide the implementation of these projects; there is no cross impact analysis.

The strategy should address even more. For 5 years now, I have been asking about a national digital strategy – an innovation agenda to propel all sectors of Canada’s economy forward.

The government’s consultation for a national digital economy strategy was launched in May 2010. In June of this year, we were promised delivery of this magnum opus before the end of the year:

We are still developing a Canadian digital economy strategy. And I am committed to delivering it by the end of the year.

Two and a half years in the making – we look forward to busy reading over the holiday period. What are you looking to see in the National Digital Economy Strategy?

2 thoughts on “Countdown to delivery”

  1. Don’t forget mobile broadband driving need for antenna sites (most sites aren’t on towers).

  2. Pingback: Canada is behind in utilizing Big Data, says SAS « WordsByNowak

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