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Working with our membership, ITAC establishes and sets targets for where Canada's knowledge economy should be compared to key peer/competitor nations. Where we fall short, ITAC determines what we need to do to get there and ensure we do what is needed in areas such as: skills, capital, tax, science & technology, and collaboration.
ITAC believes Canadian businesses should be leaders in the use of ICT for competitive advantage, productivity and growth. Use of ICT by small and medium enterprises should increase towards that of our US counterparts. By partnering with other associations, as well as with Government, we work to ensure public policy supports these goals.
ITAC strives to ensure Federal, Ontario and other Canadian Governments are leaders in ICT use. ITAC positions itself as a trusted advisor to Government. We gather industry leaders and Government together and work to make it easier for our industry to sell to government.
ITAC believes the Canadian healthcare system should be a world-leading user of ICT to achieve superior patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness, as well as fostering development of a world-leading Canadian health ICT industry. ITAC works to correct chronic under-spend on ICT.
ITAC’s view is Canada’s laws should promote leadership in development and use of advanced technology. We want to ensure efficient and cost-effective measures to protect privacy and instill confidence in the e-economy.
ITAC believes that in order for Canada to continue to compete worldwide, we need to promote policies that will ensure a steady supply of talented men and women for our local ICT industry. We work with industry as well as with Federal, Provincial and local governments to establish initiatives to support this goal.
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ITAC Calls for a National ICT Strategy for Canada
Posted June 18, 2009
Ottawa. June 18, 2009. ITAC, the Information Technology Association of Canada, has called for the creation of a national ICT (information and communications technology) strategy for Canada. And, in a white paper, it released today, it has outlined some of the measures that it believes are the essential elements in the formulation of this strategy.
“Upping our Game: A National ICT Strategy for Canada” http://www.itac.ca/uploads/news/upping_our_game_may2509.pdf addresses the issues and makes recommendations in several key areas including the formation of a strong Canadian talent pool, expansion of our innovative capacity and our use of ICTs, ensuring a competitive tax regime, access to capital and a smart regulatory regime in Canada. In addition, the paper calls for a 21st century view of infrastructure that includes electronic components such as broadband networks, a national electronic health record and the digitization of all Canadian content.
“Like many other nations in the world, Canada is currently facing a challenging economy,” said Bernard Courtois, President and CEO of ITAC. “History has demonstrated numerous examples of hugely successful enterprises that emerged from periods of economic turmoil. What these companies have in common is a strategy and the fortitude to make the right investments in technology to help them outperform their rivals. We’ve seen this repeatedly in the marketplace. And we’ve seen it at the national economic level as well. Canada already punches above its weight in ICT. But no matter how good they are, competitors – including competitive economies – generally compete better when they have a strategy than when they don’t. Canada needs a national ICT strategy now.”
The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is the voice of the Canadian information and communications technologies (ICT) industry. ITAC represents a diverse ICT community spanning telecommunications and internet services, ICT consulting services, hardware, microelectronics, software and electronic content. ITAC’s community of companies accounts for more than 70 per cent of the 592,600 jobs, $149.4 billion in revenue, $6.22 billion in R&D investment, $22.6 billion in exports and $11.8 billion in capital expenditures that the ICT industry contributes annually to the Canadian economy. ITAC is a prominent advocate for the expansion of Canada’s innovative capacity and for stronger productivity across all sectors through the strategic use of technology.
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Lynda Leonard
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