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Business leaders call for pro-entrepreneur policies as Joly promises Ottawa will be ‘hawkish’ on competition

By Yvonne Lau

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Business leaders call for pro-entrepreneur policies as Joly promises Ottawa will be ‘hawkish’ on competition

“No one’s under any illusions,” he said. “If you’re graduating from Waterloo in computer science and you want to start a tech business, there are compelling reasons to do that in California or Texas or New York versus Ontario. We need to be aware that it is a competition. We are competing for those super bright graduates and entrepreneurs … to fix a problem.”