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Public pension funds should invest in Canadian tech firms – but not be forced to do so

Peter Josty
March 20, 2024

It’s in the long-term interests of Canada's public pension funds to invest in Canadian tech companies, but they shouldn’t be forced to do it, says thought leader Peter Josty who offers a solution.

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Organizations:	Business Development Bank of Canada, Center for Innovation Studies, Statistics Canada, and World Bank
People:	Peter Josty
Topics:	"Canadian model" of public pension funds, argument that Canada's public pension funds should "invest in Canada", Canada's productivity decline, Canada's public pension funds investing in domestic tech companies, early-stage investing, experimenting with policy, impact of General Purpose Technologies, quantum technology, artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, reasons why Canada's public pension funds should invest in Canadian tech companies, return on BDC's venture capital portfolio, total venture capital invested in Canada in 2023, value of assets in Canadian public pension funds, and venture capital investing in Canada

Public pension funds should invest in Canadian tech firms – but not be forced to do so

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