Canada as a "state of mind" in the knowledge era

Abstract:

In the Information Age, writes Tom Courchene, "the knowledge revolution is privileging human capital in much the same way as the Industrial Revolution privileged physical capital." If he were to propose a mission statement for Canada in the Information Age, he would design "a sustainable, socially inclusive and internationally competitive infrastructure that ensures equal opportunity for all Canadians" to develop those skills and assets in human capital. We will succeed in the Information Age, he concludes, "only to the extent that we succeed in creating a world-class made-in-Canada social infrastructure."