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How Canada can better attract tech talent as calls to build domestic industry grow

With a fresh wave of patriotic calls for Canada to scale its domestic tech sector, industry players say there are opportunities to better attract and retain homegrown talent and knock down barriers that are preventing companies from growing.

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How Canada can better attract tech talent as calls to build domestic industry grow

People check their phones as AMECA, an AI robot, looks on at the All In artificial intelligence conference, on Sept. 28, 2023 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz


With a fresh wave of patriotic calls for Canada to scale its domestic tech sector, industry players say there are opportunities to better attract and retain homegrown talent and knock down barriers that are preventing companies from growing.

Sheldon McCormick, CEO of Kitchener, Ont.-based tech hub Communitech, said he is seeing “growing momentum” behind the idea that Canada needs to “build, buy and own more of its own innovation” across areas like artificial intelligence and health tech.

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