There is a strong emphasis on gender equality, indigenous issues, #parental leave, tax reform and more, but from a #STEM standpoint, the #budget goes in-depth on topics of innovation and cybersecurity.
STEM, parental leave and innovation…
Seems like these guys (looking at you Trudeau) read my blog and LinkedIn!
There is also a huge portion of this aimed at women #Entrepreneurs, a lot to help Natural Sciences and #Engineering Research Council (#NSERC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (#CIHR) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (#SSHRC) which is awesome.
For a very long time I have been pining for more money to STEM so that we keep up with emerging economies which are doing just that. I’m glad we’re not like our cousins to the South which are continuously moving away from proper investment into their education and training systems and diverting it all to nonsensical things such as the military, coal and oil.
Budget 2018: Canada’s Plan for Innovation, STEM and Diversity – Techvibes