Op-eds and opinion pieces from Senator Deacon OP-EDS 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2020 OP-ED: "AN INNOVATIVE ECONOMY REQUIRES AN INNOVATIVE GOVERNMENT", THE HILL TIMES October 26, 2020Check out Senator Deacon's most recent opinion piece, "An Innovative Economy Requires an Innovative Government". As he discusses, the COVID-19 pandemic shook Ottawa out of business as usual. If we want to emerge from the pandemic stronger, we need to foster a culture of innovation in the federal government. To read the full article published in The Hill Times, click here. OP-ED: "FEDS MUST ACT NOW, OR RISK LOSING GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS", THE HILL TIMES August 17, 2020Alongside CEO of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), Claudio Rojas, and their Director of the National Institute For Women Entrepreneurs, Amanda Filipe, Senator Deacon discusses the need for immediate action in creating a domestic supply chain of capital to support all Canadian entrepreneurs, especially in the wake of COVID-19. To learn more about the urgency of this issue, click here. OP-ED: "WHY WE NEED A NATIONAL CONTACT-TRACING APP", THE NATIONAL POST June 16, 2020Catch this latest opinion piece by Senators Colin Deacon, Rosemary Moodie and Judith Seidman in the National Post. The Senators discuss why it's imperative that politicians and public health officials across the country work together in advance of the second wave of COVID-19 to support the widespread implementation of a single national exposure notification app. For more information, click here. OP-ED: "BOLD GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT POLICIES CAN HELP COMPANIES RECOVER FROM CRISIS", THE GLOBE AND MAIL April 20, 2020 In this opinion piece co-authored by Senator Colin Deacon and Angela Mondou, CEO of TechNation, the two discuss the need for innovative government procurement policies in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond. Click here for the full story.
