"In 1957 when I was born two thirds of Canadians made things for a living. We were an industrial manufacturing economy, and wealth was generated by production..." - Glen Murray, Minister of Research and Innovation MORE
"Bringing an idea to market requires a great deal. It requires support, it requires advice, it requires counsel, it requires access to information, and most of all it requires access to capital. And one of the challenges that MRI has embraced, is how do we smooth that way forward?" - John Milloy, Minister of Research and Innovation MORE
"None of this would have been possible without the support of a very strong number of partnerships, specifically the strong community network we have here at Communitech, and (as well) the support we've had from the Ontario government." - Ron Neumann, Chairman & CEO, Dejero Labs MORE
"Funding from the Ministry of Research and Innovation, OCE and MaRS has meant to us the ability to stay in Canada, create jobs, and it's giving us the chance to bring our technology to market." - Steven Rankin, President and Co-founder, Client Outlook Inc. MORE
“Without this investment, we wouldn’t be able to build our team and commercialize our product, and build the value in the company that we need to (to) grow.” - Stephen Bacso, CEO, DossierView MORE
"Our present sales tax is actually about 50 years old - older than me - it's very inefficient and its hurting Ontario businesses who are fighting hard for their market share in the global economy." - John Milloy, Minister of Research and Innovation MORE
"I think it's important for business leaders to step-up and tot hank the government for doing something that is (as they say) courageous." - Phil Deck, Chair and CEO, MKS MORE
"For us as a company, it's having a direct impact on: the recruitment, the hiring, the retention of our staff, and also building a great strong business that can compete very well (competitively) internationally." - John Baker, President and CEO, Desire2Learn MORE
"This new $161 million strategy will fold existing and new MRI life sciences initiatives into a comprehensive and coordinated plan." - John Milloy, Minister of Research and Innovation MORE
"Ontario's new Life Sciences Commercialization Strategy will undoubtedly help to position Ontario as one of the world's top life science clusters." - Morris (Mickey) Milner, President and CEO, the Health Technology Exchange (HTX) MORE
"In 1957 when I was born two thirds of Canadians made things for a living. We were an industrial manufacturing economy, and wealth was generated by production..." - Glen Murray, Minister of Research and Innovation MORE