Interesting article - but:
- What exactly is the "new economy" ? We really have no competitive high tech sector in Canada anymore and it will be extremely difficult to catch up to and compete with the global players. And let's not denigrate the resource sector tech challenges.
- As for having a wealth fund managed by our governemnts ( e.g. Ontariowe ) ... that would be like handing your retirement portfolio directly to the bank robbers without the inconvenience of banking it first !

As for a more general case for the "new economy" insofar as it is STEM related: our media reporting, promoting and understanding of STEM in general is so abysmal as to be MIA - whereas headlines on the plethora of gender pronoun controversies seems de rigueur !