Can we attract some of the world’s brightest innovators to help reverse the economic downturn in B.C.? It won’t be easy with the global competition for exceptional minds.

Please join us tonight for B.C.’s Innovation Economy, the next in our series of Conversations Live events hosted by Stuart McNish. You can watch it here starting at 6 p.m. and submit questions to McNish and an expert panel below:

B.C. has a strong set of innovative companies and is a desirable place to live given our natural surroundings. The U.S. just applied a $100,000 fee for skilled foreign workers brought in under H1-B visa applications, so that may lead some people to consider Canada instead.

But tax rates and regulations in B.C. are less competitive and can push away talent.

So how do we draw and retain innovat

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