Canada is at a turning point. Plummeting oil prices, lacklustre economic performance, a petrodollar, pernicious climate change, and structural youth unemployment illustrate the need for a shift from a resource economy appropriate for the industrial age to an innovation economy appropriate for the digital age.
Toronto, specifically, can lead the way and become a global centre for innovation, entrepreneurship, breakthrough science, rich culture, open government and prosperity as a whole.
Image: Don Tapscott is the author of 16 books, including his latest, with his son Alex, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Business, Money and the World. (Lucas Oleniuk / Toronto Star)
