HALIFAX — A business consortium proposing to invest in digital ocean technologies was named Tuesday as the first of nine so-called superclusters vying for a piece of a $950-million federal innovation fund. Up to five will be selected as the tech hubs as part of Ottawa’s Innovation Superclusters Initiative, which is aimed at fostering public-private partnerships in industries across the country. “If selected as one of Canada’s five superclusters, the Ocean Supercluster would energize Canada’s ocean economy by investing in digital ocean technologies that will increase Canada’s competitiveness and create middle-class jobs for this generation and the next,” Bains said in a statement. “Through the Superclusters Initiative, we’ve started conversations and created solid partnerships between government, the private sector, academia and communities,” Bains said. The contest, a cornerstone of Ottawa’s so-called innovation agenda, aims to lift the economy, promote research and create high-quality jobs.

Source: National Post October 10, 2017 13:21 UTC