Government earmarks $80M for Digital Technology Adoption program

OTTAWA – Industry Minister Christian Paradis announced an $80 million investment over three years to help accelerate the adoption of information and communications technologies by small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). The initiative, known as the Digital Technology Adoption Pilot program, is designed to support and increase the adoption of digital technologies in SMEs in all sectors of the economy; raise awareness of the productivity benefits and importance of these technologies, and; improve understanding of the link between digital technologies and productivity by gathering data from participating firms. “The Government of Canada is investing in the people and ideas that drive...