innovation

Is Ottawa's 'supercluster' funding initiative a superboondoggle in the making?

Jayson Myers, seen at McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, is CEO of the group that led the successful Ontario bid to establish the Advanced Manufacturing supercluster. Glenn Lowson/The Globe and Mail

The federal government's plan to improve productivity and innovation through the promotion of five regional economic groups is both ambitious and expensive. It may provide the spark the country needs – unless it proves to be a fat subsidy for global technology giants

