Thank you for this opportunity to speak to the Thorold Chamber of Commerce, and to meet with so many business people from the Niagara Region. A knowledge-based economy is driven by innovation and technological change. In fact, the only constant is change. Distances have become irrelevant.
Skills mean competitive advantage - whether keeping up with technological change or innovating.
Learning, now, is a lifelong pursuit. Canada cherishes its reputation as the best place in the world in which to live. But we will maintain that quality of life only if we build a society in which technology, innovation, research, and skills keep us at the forefront of the world. Take Sandstrom Trade and Technology - a Welland company that began as a technology brokering firm. Today, it has its own line of radiosurgery imaging and brain scanning devices.