Talk is cheap but ideas are priceless

Canadian responses to a business group's report that the nation is a laggard in terms of innovation, and grappling with issues of the future, which sounds familiar to me, wrt governance in the U.S., and certain sectors of the economy, such as the U.S.-based automobile industry.

See "Canada a land of mediocrity, Conference Board says," (Globe and Mail) and "Mediocrity' threatens way of life: report card," (National Post) and not related, but a very interesting article "Talk is cheap, but ideas are priceless: Will Pecaut's city summit save Toronto?" about last February's Toronto City Summit Alliance and meeting. (I may have written about it back then, I seem to recall linking to or thinking about writing about the Summit, based on some Toronto Star coverage.)

Also see the website for the Toronto City Summit Alliance.

Image from the National Post.