Ontario 360 continues series with new report on business support programs
November 18, 2019 | By Public Policy Admin |
The next report in the Policy Papers series suggests what Ontario’s government should consider as it seeks to modernize its mix of business support programs
November 20, 2019: Re-Imagining Ontario’s Business Support Programs, by Jamison Steeve and Sean Speer
From the summary:
How should business support programs be measured? Is it about enhancing productivity or pre-market redistribution to underperforming regions and communities? Are there certain sectors that policymakers ought to target? Should business support programs treat tangible and intangible sectors differently? And can business support programs form part of a place-based strategy to catalyse economic activity in rural and economically-distressed parts of Ontario?
The purpose of this paper is to help the government reckon with these questions as it aims to modernize its mix of business support programs.
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