High-tech Industry asks government for $60 billion

OTTAWA - An association representing 33,000 high-tech executives is calling on the government to create a $60 billion “infrastructure fund” to help stimulate the economy through job-focused spending. "We have never gone through anything like this," says John Reid, president of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA). "The economy has flat-lined, and my members tell me that even the high tech services sector, which is normally resistant to recession, is feeling the freeze."Canada needs to keep up with the example of our American neighbours, who are pushing forward an infrastructure stimulus package of $500-billion," he continued in the press release....